Changing Contours of Domestic Life, Family and Law: Caring and Sharing

Drawing From A Wide Range Of Material And Socio-legal Methods, This Collection Brings Together Original Essays, Written By Internationally Renowned Scholars, Investigating Emerging Patterns In The Shape And Form Of The Legal Regulation Of Domestic Relations. Taking As A Focus The Theme Of 'caring And Sharing', The Collection Includes Chapters Which Reflect On The Changing Contours Of What We Think Of As 'domestic Relations'; The Impact Which Legal Recognition Carries In Making Visible Some Relationships Rather Than Others; The Potential For Normative Values Carried Within Patterns Of Legal Recognition And Regulation; Intersections Between Private Law And Public Policy; The Role Of Private Law In The Allocation Of Responsibility And Privilege; The Differential Impact Of Seemingly Progressive Policies On Economically Vulnerable Or Socially Marginal Groupings; Tensions Between Family Law Models And Models Carried Within Other Fields Of Private Law; And, Unusually, Architectures In Law And The Built Environment Designed To Facilitate Broader Accounts Of Domestic Relationships. This Thoughtful, Provocative And Wide-ranging Collection Will Be A Must For Anyone, Whatever Their Discipline Background, Interested In The Insights And Potential Offered By A Fresh Engagement With The Complexity Of Domestic Relations And The Law. Authors: Anne Barlow, Anne Bottomley, Susan Boyd And Cindy Baldassi, Alison Diduck, Susan Scott-hunt, Nan Seuffert, Carol Smart, Simone Wong And Claire Young Introduction Changing Contours Of Domestic Life, Family And Law : Caring And Sharing -- Anne Bottomley And Simone Wong -- Making Kin : Relationality And Law -- Carol Smart -- Property And Couple Relationships : What Does Community Of Property Have To Offer English Law? -- Anne Barlow -- Caring And Sharing : Interdependency As A Basis For Property Redistribution? -- Simone Wong -- Relationship Fairness -- Alison Diduck -- Taking Spousal Status Into Account For Tax Purposes : The Pitfalls And Penalties -- Claire F.l. Young -- Marriage Or Naught? : Marriage And Unmarried Cohabitation In Canada -- Susan B. Boyd And Cindy L. Baldassi -- Same-sex Immigration : Domestication And Homonormativity -- Nan Seuffert -- They Shall Be Simple In Their Homes ... : The Many Dimensions Of The Idea And Practices Of Co-operative Housing -- Anne Bottomley -- Intentional Communities And Care-giving : Co-housing Possibilities -- Susan Scott Hunt. Edited By Anne Bottomley And Simone Wong. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 203-211) And Index. Also Issued In Print. English