The private lives of high-wealth families / Allison Anna Tait -- Identity choices at the intersections : the inequality of cross-border motherhood and what to do about it / Chao-ju Chen -- Family law as expression : financial relief in the English courts / Alison Diduck -- The complex interrelationships of financial and child-related issues in post-separation disputes : gender matters / Rachel Treloar -- Familial ideology, privatization, and care arrangements for children in the family law and child protection systems / Wanda Wiegers -- Family, gender, and the public/private divide in the United Kingdom's Human Rights Act 1998 / Nicola Barker -- One myth leads to another : from ignorance of the laws to the presumption of informed choice among de facto spouses / Helene Belleau -- "WAR" and other reasons people move in together : analyzing cohabiting relationship progressions in British Columbia / Erez Aloni and Adam Vanzella-Yang -- Measuring success of (family) law reforms / Julianna Ivanyi and Regine Tremblay -- Abolishing family law (as we know it) / Brenda Cossman.
Summary:
"A shift in the paradigm of family - from nuclear unit to diverse constellations of intimacy - has been rapid and dramatic. Yet some norms are resistant to change, such as women's continuing role as primary care providers despite their increased participation in the labour force. This clash of ingrained and evolving practices has an enormous impact on economic, emotional, and legal aspects of daily life. House Rules is a critical exploration of how the norms and laws that govern familial relationships are intertwined, as certain laws sustain outdated and unequal standards and policy fails to follow social developments. Basing their investigations on three sets of themes - love, money, and expectations; families, laws, and reforms; and privatization, equality, and status - the authors in this incisive collection expose the unsettled norms that affect families and households, and the role of the law in regulating them. They reveal the assumptions that create inequality and animate legislation, evaluating the effects of laws and scrutinizing reforms. Over the last few decades, the law has struggled to adjust to transformations in what typifies the structures and practices of family life. House Rules provides tools to analyze those difficulties, and ultimately to design apt laws that will respond to ongoing change and forestall the entrenchment of inequalities."-- Provided by publisher.
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