Responsible Parents and Parental Responsibility

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84113-880-0
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 366 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

This book examines the idea of 'parental responsibility' in English law and what is expected of a responsible parent. The scope of 'parental responsibility', a key concept in family law, is undefined and often ambiguous. Yet, to date, more attention has been paid to how individuals acquire parental responsibility than to the question of the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities they have once they obtain it. This book redresses the balance by providing the first sustained examination of the different elements of parental responsibility, bringing together leading scholars to comment on specific aspects of its operation.

The book begins by exploring the conceptual underpinnings of parental responsibility in the context of parents' and children's rights. The analysis highlights the inherent constraints and limitations of 'parental responsibility' and how its scope has deliberately been curtailed in certain contexts. The book then considers what parental responsibility allows and requires in specific areas, for example, naming a child, education, religious upbringing, medical treatment, corporal punishment, dealing with any contracts entered into or property owned by the child, representing the child in legal proceedings, consenting to a child's marriage or civil partnership and the law's response to the death of a child. In the final section, the idea of the 'responsible parent' is considered in the contexts of child support, contact, tort, and criminal law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Probert

Gilmore, Stephen

Probert, Rebecca

Herring, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: Parental Responsibility-Law, Issues and Themes STEPHEN GILMORE, JONATHAN HERRING AND REBECCA PROBERT
Part I Parental Responsibility: General Issues

2 Is Anything Now Left of Parental Rights? ANDREW BAINHAM
3 Establishing and Ending Parental Responsibility: A Comparative View JENS M SCHERPE
4 The Limits of Parental Responsibility STEPHEN GILMORE
5 The Degradation of Parental Responsibility HELEN REECE
Part II The Content of Parental Responsibility

6 The Shaming of Naming: Parental Rights and Responsibilities in the Naming of Children JONATHAN HERRING
7 Parental Responsibility and Religion RACHEL TAYLOR
8 Parental Responsibility and Education: Taking a Long View DANIEL MONK
9 Parental Responsibility and Corporal Punishment SHAZIA CHOUDHRY
10 Parental Responsibility and Children's Health Care Treatment LYNN HAGGER
11 'Don't Spend It All at Once!': Parental Responsibility and Parents' Responsibilities in Respect of Children's Contracts and Property ELIZABETH COOKE
12 Children's Representation by Their Parents in Legal Proceedings CAROLINE SAWYER
13 Parental Responsibility and Children's Partnership Choices REBECCA PROBERT
14 Parental Responsibility, Relational Responsibility: Caring for and Protecting Children after their Death

JO BRIDGEMAN
Part III Responsible Parenting

15 Financial Support for Children after Parental Separation: Parental Responsibility and Responsible Parenting NICK WIKELEY
16 Parental Responsibility and the Responsible Parent: Managing the 'Problem' of Contact

JULIE WALLBANK
17 Parental Responsibility for Juvenile Offending in English Law ROGER LENG
18 Parental Liability for Harm Caused by Children: A Comparative Analysis PAULA GILIKER

Über Autor(innen)

Rebecca Probert is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Warwick.

Stephen Gilmore is a Lecturer in Family Law at King's College London.

Jonathan Herring is a Professor of Law at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College.