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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452590403321

Autore

Eekelaar John

Titolo

Family law and personal life [[electronic resource] /] / John Eekelaar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-283-58085-3

9786613893307

0-19-156646-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

346.01/5

Soggetti

Domestic relations - Philosophy

Domestic relations - Social aspects

Families

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Table of Cases""; ""1. Power""; ""Family Practices and the Diffusion of Power""; ""The Open Society""; ""The Welfarism Thesis""; ""The case of divorce""; ""Homosexuality""; ""The New Era: From Family Law to Personal Law?""; ""2. Friendship""; ""Friendship and Brotherly Love""; ""�Full� Friendship as a Paradigmatic Value""; ""Friendship and Public Constraints""; ""Marriage and Friendship""; ""Friendship and Legal Rights""; ""Betrayal and Loss""; ""Friendship Plus""; ""Why Consider Friendship at All?""; ""3. Truth""

""�Physical� Truth and �Legal� Truth""""Truth, Kinship, and Manipulation""; ""Truth and Personal Relationships""; ""Truth and Identity""; ""Truth and Justice""; ""Conclusion: Truth and Shame""; ""4. Respect""; ""What is Respect?""; ""Love""; ""Community Values""; ""Care and Nurture""; ""Religion""; ""Procreation""; ""Respecting Children""; ""5. Responsibility""; ""Historical Responsibility: The Case of Divorce""; ""Prospective Responsibility: Allocation""; ""Prospective Responsibility: Exercise""; ""Divorce""; ""Parenthood""; ""A Fuller Concept of Responsibility""; ""6. Rights""

""The Central Case of Rights""""End-states""; ""Grounds for entitlement""; ""Weight""; ""Rights in Personal Law""; ""Rights claimed



through political action""; ""Rights developed through judicial lawmaking""; ""Human rights""; ""Children�s Rights""; ""Personal Law and Cultural Rights""; ""Group or collective rights""; ""Cultural rights, personal law, and the open society""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""