Bottomley, Anne.

Changing Contours of Domestic Life, Family and Law : Caring and Sharing. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (235 pages) - Oņati International Series in Law and Society Series . - Oņati International Series in Law and Society Series .

Prelims -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction Changing Contours of Domestic Life, Family and Law: Caring and Sharing -- 2 Making Kin: Relationality and Law -- Part I Property Division in Couple Relationships -- 3 Property and Couple Relationships: What Does Community of Property Have to Offer English Law? -- 4 Caring and Sharing: Interdependency as a Basis for Property Redistribution? -- Part II What is Fair and to Whom? -- 5 Relationship Fairness -- 6 Taking Spousal Status into Account for Tax Purposes: The Pitfalls and Penalties -- Part III Heteronormativity and Marriage Fundamentalism -- 7 Marriage or Naught? Marriage and Unmarried Cohabitation in Canada -- 8 Same-Sex Immigration: Domestication and Homonormativity -- Part IV Pushing at the Contours of Domestic Relationships -- 9 'They shall be simple in their homes . . .': The Many Dimensions of the Idea and Practices of Co-operative Housing -- 10 Intentional Communities and Care-giving: Co-Housing Possibilities -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book by internationally renowned scholars investigates emerging patterns in the shape and form of the legal regulation of domestic relations.

9781847315366


Domestic relations.


Electronic books.

K670.C48 2009

346.015