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Family Law, Gender and the State - Text, Cases and Materials (Paperback, 3rd edition)
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Family Law, Gender and the State - Text, Cases and Materials (Paperback, 3rd edition)
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The third edition of this work on family law, comprising text,
cases and materials, provides not only an explication of legal
principle but also explores, primarily from a feminist perspective,
some of the assumptions about, and constructions of, gender, sexual
orientation, class and culture that underlie the law. It examines
the ideology of the family and, in particular, the role of the law
in contributing to and reproducing that ideology. Structured around
the themes of equality, welfare, and family privacy, the book aims
to offer the benefits of a textbook while also giving students a
wide-ranging set of materials for classroom discussion. As well as
providing a firm grounding in family law, the text sets the law in
its social and historical context and encourages a critical
approach by students to the subject. It provides an ideal
introduction to family law for undergraduates, but will be equally
helpful for postgraduate students of family law for whom it
provides a challenging selection of materials set within a
theoretical framework rich in ideas and arguments. Review of the
second edition: 'Diduck and Kaganas examine legal developments to
shed light on society, principally by investigating the ways in
which family law constructs and regulates family life and
responsibilities. Theirs is an important and ambitious book that
aims ultimately at a feminist restatement of family law. .... [T]he
[book] is written and referenced in such depth that it is a useful
resource for legal as well as social science researchers at all
levels, whether looking for theoretical inspiration or drawing up a
literature review. The range of diverse sources that Diduck and
Kaganas draw on is impressive: they seem to have included every bit
of material that helps feminists make sense of family law. There is
a well-pitched selection of further reading of such material at the
end of each chapter. What's more, they undersell themselves by
describing their book as "Text, Cases and Materials", because they
have woven by far the largest proportion of the cases and materials
into the text.' Helen Reece, Times Higher Education, May 2007.
Reviews of first edition: 'A stimulating work which attempts to
situate family law in its social, historical and political context.
Its appeal should not be confined to family law students, as its
commitment to a critical and analytical approach offers insights
and ideas with broader significance.' Mary Childs, Child and Family
Law Quarterly, September 2002 'The arguments are provocative, the
analysis is stimulating and the materials amassed strongly support
the authors' aim to question the "axiomatic status of what is
traditionally designated as the family".' Fiona E Raitt, Infant and
Child Development, September 2002 'It is not often that one can say
of a textbook in Law that it "makes interesting reading" with quite
the enthusiasm that can be expressed for this text. This new
publication offers something that few textbooks seem to offer - a
book you CAN open up virtually anywhere and find an interesting
piece on almost any aspect of the broad family law spectrum.' Penny
Booth, The Law Teacher, September 2002 'All the major themes in
feminist and constructionist perspectives in family law are
presented together with a wealth of readings and extensive
references. As a teaching manual, it is excellent - a coherent
feminist perspective across the entire range of family law' Marty
Slaughter, Feminist Legal Studies, July 2003
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