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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784165203321

Autore

Fox O'Mahony Lorna

Titolo

Conceptualising home : theories, laws and policies / / Lorna Fox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2007

ISBN

1-4742-0055-9

1-280-83988-0

9786610839889

1-84731-291-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (568 p.)

Disciplina

346.043

Soggetti

Real property

Domicile

Home - Philosophy

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 (pages [525]-542) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conceptualising home in context -- The meaning of home in legal analysis : the creditor/occupier context -- Balancing creditors' claims against 'Home' interests --  The meaning of home : a conceptual springboard -- Home ownership and the meaning of home -- Idea of 'Home' in property theory and law -- Valuing 'Family' in the family home -- 'Re-possessing women' : gender and the meanings of home -- Taking account of child occupiers : from rhetoric to reality? -- The concept of home in a human rights framework.

Sommario/riassunto

It is difficult to overstate the everyday importance of home in law. Home provides the backdrop for our lives, and is often the scene or the subject of legal disputes.  In addition, in recent decades there has been growing academic interest in the meaning of home, which has prompted empirical studies and theoretical exploration in a wide range of disciplines. Yet, while the authenticity of home as a social, psychological, cultural and emotional phenomenon has been recognised in other disciplines, it has not penetrated the legal domain, where the proposition that home can encapsulate meanings b