Relational Autonomy and Family Law
This book explores the importance of autonomy in family law. It argues that traditional understandings of autonomy are inappropriate in the family law context and instead recommends the use of relational autonomy. The book starts by explaining how autonom
- PDF / 791,767 Bytes
- 63 Pages / 439.37 x 666.142 pts Page_size
- 62 Downloads / 240 Views
Jonathan Herring
Relational Autonomy and Family Law
SpringerBriefs in Law
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/10164
Jonathan Herring
Relational Autonomy and Family Law
123
Jonathan Herring Exeter College University of Oxford Oxford UK
ISSN 2192-855X ISSN 2192-8568 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-04986-1 ISBN 978-3-319-04987-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04987-8 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014934678 The Author(s) 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
1
The Meaning of Autonomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 3
2
Family Law and Autonomy . . . 2.1 No Fault Divorce. . . . . . . . 2.2 Increased Use of Mediation References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
5 5 6 9
3
Relational Autonomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 Relational Life Inevitable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Relational Life is Socially Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 Obligations and Relational Autonomy . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 Gender and Autonom
Data Loading...
