Prelims -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Parental Responsibility-Law, Issues and Themes -- Part I Parental Responsibility: General Issues -- 2 Is Anything Now Left of Parental Rights? -- 3 Establishing and Ending Parental Responsibility: A Comparative View -- 4 The Limits of Parental Responsibility -- 5 The Degradation of Parental Responsibility -- Part II The Content of Parental Responsibility -- 6 The Shaming of Naming: Parental Rights and Responsibilities in the Naming of Children -- 7 Parental Responsibility and Religion -- 8 Parental Responsibility and Education: Taking a Long View -- 9 Parental Responsibility and Corporal Punishment -- 10 Parental Responsibility and Children's Health Care Treatment -- 11 'Don't Spend It All at Once!' Parental Responsibility and Parents' Responsibilities in Respect of Children's Contracts and Property -- 12 Children's Representation by Their Parents in Legal Proceedings -- 13 Parental Responsibility and Children's Partnership Choices -- 14 Parental Responsibility, Relational Responsibility: Caring for and Protecting Children after their Death -- Part III Responsible Parenting -- 15 Financial Support for Children after Parental Separation: Parental Responsibility and Responsible Parenting -- 16 Parental Responsibility and the Responsible Parent: Managing the 'Problem' of Contact -- 17 Parental Responsibility for Juvenile Offending in English Law -- 18 Parental Liability for Harm Caused by Children: A Comparative Analysis -- Index.
This book examines the idea of 'parental responsibility' in English law and what is expected of a responsible parent.