Collier, Richard, 1961-

Fragmenting fatherhood : a socio-legal study / Richard Collier and Sally Sheldon. - Oxford : Hart, 2008. - viii, 274 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-274).

1.Introducing fatherhood and the law -- 2.Fatherhod and \'natural\' reproduction -- 3.Fatherhod and assisted reproduction -- 4.Marital fatherhood -- Post-separation fatherhood -- 6.Unmarried fatherhood -- 7.Fragmenting fatherhood.

This title provides the first sustained engagement with the way that fatherhood has been understood, constructed and regulated within English law. Drawing on a range of disparate legal provisions, and material from diverse disciplines, it sketches the major contours of the figure of the father as drawn in law and social policy.

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Fathers--Legal status, laws, etc--England
Fathers--Legal status, laws, etc--Wales
Parent and child (Law)--England
Parent and child (Law)--Wales
Fatherhood--Social aspects
Family.
Law.
Sociology: family & relationships
Family law

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