What Is a Parent? A Socio - Legal Analysis

by Bainham; Sclater, Shelley Day; Richards, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781841130439
• ISBN10: 1841130435
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-23
• Publisher: Hart Publishing

Summary

This collection is the product of seminars held at the University of Cambridge in 1998 under the auspices of the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group. It brings together ideas on parents derived from law, sociology, psychology, biology and criminology.

Author Biography

Andrew Bainham is a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge and Reader in Family Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge.
Shelley Day Sclater has been a lawyer and academic social scientist and now works as a freelance writer and researcher. She was Professor of Psychology and Law at the University of East London.
Martin Richards is Emeritus Professor of Family Research at the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Notes on the Contributors	ix
Table of Cases	xii
Introduction	1	(24)
Shelley Day Sclater
Andrew Bainham
Martin Richards
PART I. DEFINING PARENTHOOD
Parentage, Parenthood and Parental Responsibility: Subtle, Elusive Yet Important Distinctions	25	(22)
Andrew Bainham
A Biomedical Perspective on Parenthood	47	(26)
Martin Johnson
Assisted Reproduction and the Legal Definition of Parentage	73	(16)
Stuart Bridge
The Welfare Principle and the Rights of Parents	89	(18)
Jonathan Herring
Family or Familiarity?	107	(14)
Juliet Mitchell
Jack Goody
PART II. NEW ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY PARENTING
Donating Parenthood: Perspectives on Parenthood from Surrogacy and Gamete Donation	121	(22)
Rachel Cook
Unmarried Fathers and the Law	143	(18)
Ros Pickford
Lesbian Mother Families	161	(20)
Susan Golombok
Parents: A Children's Perspective	181	(16)
Allison James
State Intervention and Parental Autonomy in Children's Cases: Have We Got the Balance Right?	197	(20)
Bridget Lindley
Youth Crime and Parental Responsibility	217	(26)
Loraine Gelsthorpe
PART III. PARENTING POST-DIVORCE
The Parent-Child Relationship in Later Life: the Longer-Term Effects of Parental Divorce and Remarriage	243	(16)
Wendy Solomou
Margaret Ely
Carol Brayne
Felicia A. Huppert
Parents and Divorce: Changing Patterns of Public Intervention	259	(12)
Mavis Maclean
Martin Richards
The Psycho-Politics of Post-Divorce Parenting	271	(24)
Shelley Day Sclater
Candida Yates
Index	295