House Rules : Changing Families, Evolving Norms, and the Role of the Law / edited by Erez Aloni and Régine Tremblay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aloni, Erez, editor.

Tremblay, Régine, 1985- editor.

Series:

Law and society series.

Law and Society Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domestic relations--Canada.

Domestic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2022]

Summary:

House Rules takes a hard look at the law and norms governing family life, compelling readers to rethink entrenched inequalities in familial relationships and proposing ways to approach legislative solutions.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1: Locating Norms

1 The Private Lives of High-Wealth Families

2 Identity Choices at the Intersections: The Inequality of Cross-Border Motherhood and What to Do about It

Part 2: Law's Norms

3 Family Law as Expression: Financial Relief in the English Courts

4 The Complex Interrelationships of Financial and Child-Related Issues in Post-separation Disputes: Gender Matters

Part 3: Norms' Stickiness

5 Familial Ideology, Privatization, and Care Arrangements for Children in the Family Law and Child Protection Systems

6 Family, Gender, and the Public/Private Divide in the United Kingdom's Human Rights Act 1998

Part 4: Measuring Norms

7 One Myth Leads to Another: From Ignorance of the Laws to the Presumption of Informed Choice among de Facto Spouses

8 "WAR" and Other Reasons People Move In Together: Analyzing Cohabitating Relationship Progressions in British Columbia

Part 5: Reforming Norms

9 Measuring Success of (Family) Law Reforms

10 Abolishing Family Law (as We Know It)

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Aloni, Erez House Rules

ISBN:

9780774867412

0774867418

OCLC:

1328135226