Diduck Alison, O’Donovan Katherine. Feminist Perspectives on Family Law

Taylor & Francis, 2007. 285 p. English language.
Family law from a feminist perspective.Table of Cases
1 Feminism and Families: Plus Ca Change?
by Alison Diduck and Katherine O’DonovanWhat is family law and what does it do?
Issues in family law: (Third wave) feminist concerns2 Family Friendly? Rights, Responsibilities and Relationship Recognition
by Carl Stychin‘Parallel but different’?
The Third Way?
Queering partnership
Concluding thoughts3 Shared Households: A New Paradigm for Thinking about the Reform of Domestic Property Relations
by Anne Bottomley and Simone WongSemblance logic: Sexual partnerships
Semblance logic: Beyond sexuality
Reaching the limits of semblance logic: Constrained by bilateral thinking
A different paradigm: Beyond bilateral relationships
Reaching the limits of semblance logic: Beyond economic vulnerability
The underside of present legal reforms and of our own approach
The new paradigm: Shared households4 What Is a Parent?
by Emily JacksonThe paradigm case: What are the defining features of parenthood?
The current law
The advantages and disadvantages of parental exclusivity
Feminist Perspectives on Family Law
Non-exclusive parenthood?
Conclusion: A right to know the identity of all of your parents?5 Parents in Law: Subjective Impacts and Status Implications around the Use of Licensed Donor Insemination
by Caroline JonesAscribing legal parenthood
Subjective impacts
Status implications: The way forward?6 After Birth: Decisions about Becoming a Mother
by Katherine O’Donovan and Jill MarshallPart one
Part two: Becoming a mother
Part three: The story of a refusing mother7 The Ethic of Justice Strikes Back: Changing Narratives of Fatherhood
by Carol SmartThe ethic of justice and the ethic of care – again
The exclusion of motherhood from the debate
Narratives of fatherhood
The discursive (re)construction of fatherhood in family law8 Domestic Violence, Men’s Groups and the Equivalence Argument
by Felicity KaganasFeminism and domestic violence: Impact on law and policy
Men as victims
The websites9 Feminist Perspectives on Youth Justice
by Christine PiperGender implications for parents?
The widening remit of youth offending teams
‘Youth’
Offending by girls
Invisible?
Sentencing girls
Punishing girls
The search for equivalence10 Working towards Credit for Parenting: A Consideration of Tax Credits as a Feminist Enterprise
by Ann MumfordChild tax credits: Introduction to the legislation
Tax or benefit? The changing face of tax administration11 ‘The Branch on Which We Sit’: Multiculturalism, Minority Women and Family Law
by Maleiha Malik
Multiculturalism and the politics of difference
‘Is multiculturalism bad for women?’ The challenge for feminism and
family law
Feminist theory and minority women
Theorising difference: ‘From their own perspective...’12 Feminist Legal Studies and the Subject(s) of Men: Questions of Text, Terrain and Context in the Politics of Family Law and Gender
by Richard CollierFamily, law and feminism: Putting masculinity on the agenda
‘Deflecting the gaze’? Textual analysis and the critical study of the
‘family man’ in law
(Re)conceptualising the male subject in family law
Practice, politics and the limits of masculinity
Concluding remarks