Feminist Perspectives on Child Law

Jo Bridgeman is Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex. Daniel Monk is Lecturer in Law at Keele University.

Series Editors’ Preface, Contributors, Acknowledgments, Table of Cases, Table of Statutes, Table of Abbreviations, 1. INTRODUCTION: REFLECTIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEMINISM AND CHILD LAW, 2. FEMINISM AND CHILD LAW, 3. CHILDREN BY DONATION: DO THEY HAVE A CLAIM TO THEIR GENETIC PARENTAGE?, 4. CONSTRUCTIONS OF MATERNITY AND MOTHERHOOD IN STORIES OF LOST CHILDREN, 5. DIVORCING THE CHILDREN, 6. ANXIOUS PARENTHOOD, THE VULNERABLE CHILD AND THE ‘GOOD FATHER’: REFLECTIONS ON THE LEGAL REGULATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEN AND CHILDREN, 7. CONTACT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: THE IDEOLOGICAL DIVIDE, 8. GOVERNING BAD GIRLS: CHANGING CONSTRUCTIONS OF FEMALE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, 9. LEGAL, PROTECTED AND TIMELY: YOUNG PEOPLE’S PERSPECTIVES ON THE HETEROSEXUAL AGE OF CONSENT, 10. EDUCATION LAW/EDUCATING GENDER, 11. EMBODYING OUR HOPES AND FEARS?, 12. FEMINISM AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS, 13. SOLICITORS AND LEGAL SUBJECTS, 14. ‘HOW THE UN STOLE CHILDHOOD’: THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND THE INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, Bibliography, Index