Parental Obligation

by John Eekelaar and Mavis Maclean

Book Overview

What kinds of obligations do parents have towards their children as family life becomes more complex? Many children pass through a number of different households, living with one or both parents and later step parents and step brothers and sisters. How are the new forms of family life accommodated in the legal system? The answer is that parenthood, rather than marriage, is now emerging as the central mechanism through which moral principles are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190136223X
• ISBN13: 9781901362237
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"