Responsibility, Law and the Family

Contents: Preface; Introduction: conceptualising family responsibility, Jo Bridgeman and Heather Keating; Part 1 The Nature of Family Responsibility: The right to responsible parents, Michael Freeman; Together for ever? The rights and responsibilities of adult children and their parents, Jonathan Herring; Being a responsible mother: New Labour policy discourses versus lone mothers' contextualised accounts, Harriet Churchill; State responsibility and the abuse of vulnerable older people: is there a case for a public law to protect vulnerable older people from abuse?, John Williams. Part 2 Constructions of Children's Responsibilities: Responsible children and children's responsibilities? Sibling caretaking and babysitting by school-age children, Virginia Morrow; Being responsible, becoming responsible and having responsibility thrust upon them: constructing the 'responsibility' of children and parents, Heather Keating; Responsibility, children and childhood, Adrian James. Part 3 Shifting Conceptions of Family Responsibilities: Engaging fathers? Responsibility, law and the 'problem of fatherhood', Richard Collier; Responsible fathers: paternity, the blood tie and family responsibility, Craig Lind; Being responsible: 'good' parents and children's autonomy, Amanda Wade. Part 4 Family, Responsibility and the Law: Parental responsibility, responsible parenting and legal regulation, Jo Bridgeman; Family law and family responsibility, Alison Diduck; Conclusion: regulating for responsibility in an age of complex families, Craig Lind; Index.

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• Filosofia
• Sociologia, família e relacionamentos
• Direito da família
• Legislação social
• Trabalho social