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Conceptualising Home : Theories, Laws and Policies.

It is difficult to overstate the everyday importance of home in law. Home provides the backdrop for our lives, and is often the scene or the subject of legal disputes. In addition, in recent decades there has been growing academic interest in the meaning of home, which has prompted empirical studies...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Fox, Lorna
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford : Hart Pub., 2006.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Half Title Page; Title Page; Title verso; Preface; Contents; Part I: Valuing Home: Theories, Laws and Policies; 1. Conceptualising Home in Context; 2. The Meaning of Home in Legal Analysis: The Creditor/Occupier Context; 3. Balancing Creditors' Claims Against 'Home' Interests; 4. The Meaning of Home: A Conceptual Springboard; 5. Home Ownership and the Meaning of Home; Part II: Locating the 'Home' Interest in Legal Frameworks; 6. The Idea of 'Home' in Property Theory and Law; 7. Valuing 'Family' in the Family Home; 8. Re-pessessing Women: Gender and the Meaning of Home.
  • 9. Taking Account of Child Occupiers: From Rhetoric to Reality?10. The Concept of Home in a Human Rights Framework; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.