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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Family Law Gender and the State: Text Cases and Materials by Alison Diduck Felicity Kaganas
The third edition of this work on family law comprising text cases and materials provides not only an explication of legal principle but also explores primarily from a feminist perspective some of the assumptions about and constructions of gender sexual orientation class and culture that underlie the law. It examines the ideology of the family and in particular the role of the law in contributing to and reproducing that ideology. Structured around the themes of welfare equality and family privacy the book aims to offer the benefits of a textbook while also giving students a wide-ranging set of materials for classroom discussion. It provides an ideal introduction to family law for undergraduates but will be equally helpful for postgraduate students of family law for whom it provides a challenging selection of materials set within a theoretical framework rich in ideas and arguments.Review of the second edition:Theirs is an important and ambitious book that aims ultimately at a feminist restatement of family law.written and referenced in such depth that it is a useful resource for legal as well as social science researchers at all levels. Times Higher EducationReviews of the first edition:A stimulating work which attempts to situate family law in its social historical and political context. Its appeal should not be confined to family law students.Child and Family Law QuarterlyAs a teaching manual it is excellent - a coherent feminist perspective across the entire range of family law.Feminist Legal Studies