Family Law Matters Contributor(s): O'Donovan, Katherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745305075 ISBN-13: 9780745305073 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1993 Annotation: In this radical critique, Professor O'Donovan challenges conventional textbooks which assume that marriage is the essential feature of family life and that the patriarchal unit remains dominant. She shows how the key players in family law discourse - women and children - are largely excluded and argues that it is the birth of children, rather than marriage, which is the constitutive element of the family. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Family Law - General |
Dewey: 346.015 |
LCCN: 93018373 |
Series: Law and Social Theory |
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.6" W x 8.44" (0.52 lbs) 192 pages |