LEADER 04100nam 2200745 450 001 9910821724603321 005 20231206202637.0 010 $a1-4426-9233-2 010 $a1-4426-8774-6 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442687745 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019228 035 $a(OCoLC)647921038 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10381944 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478161 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11325338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478161 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10419758 035 $a(PQKB)10350305 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430750 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224368 035 $a(DE-B1597)465280 035 $a(OCoLC)1013945464 035 $a(OCoLC)944176929 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442687745 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672565 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258230 035 $a(OCoLC)958562795 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/pcx320 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672565 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106025 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268161 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019228 100 $a20160923h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContextual subjects $efamily, state and relational theory /$fRobert Leckey 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (366 p.) 311 $a0-8020-9749-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- pt. 1. Family law -- 2. Thick subjects in the past -- 3. Contextual subjects in the present -- 4. Contracting and disputes within relational theory -- pt. 2. Administrative law -- 5. Thin subjects in the past -- 6. Contextualism emerges -- 7. Administration and relational norms -- 8. Conclusion. 330 $aLaw and legal discourse both presuppose and produce legal subjects. Views on the nature of the legal subject will constantly shift, therefore, with changes in the law. Contextual Subjects argues that a new view of the legal subject has indeed emerged and that it is now embedded in the social context and relationships. This claim is developed through a contrast of Canadian family law and administrative law as it was in the mid-twentieth century and as it is today.Robert Leckey argues that it is not only the subject that is contextual. Legal discourse and adjudication have also become more contextual, making family law and administrative law themselves contextual subjects. Leckey bolsters this argument through the use of relational theory, a rich strand of feminist political theory that advocates a contextual method and seeks to promote constructive relationships that enable relational autonomy. Developments in family law and administrative law, therefore, exemplify the contextualism called for by relational theorists. Leckey points to the importance of contextualization, but he is not uncritical of relational theory, insisting that it should articulate more forcefully its normative vision of good relationships and offer clear recommendations in contested areas.Contextual Subjects is the most thorough and sustained application of relational theory to legal examples to appear to date. It is unique in Canadian legal scholarship for the way it pairs family law and administrative law, and within legal scholarship in English for its integration of common law and civil law. 606 $aLaw$zCanada$xPhilosophy 606 $aDomestic relations$zCanada 606 $aAdministrative law$zCanada 606 $aContextualism (Philosophy) 607 $aCanada$2fast 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLaw$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aDomestic relations 615 0$aAdministrative law 615 0$aContextualism (Philosophy) 676 $a340.1 700 $aLeckey$b Robert$01651842 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821724603321 996 $aContextual subjects$94075996 997 $aUNINA