Masculinity, law, and the family /

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Masculinity, Law and Family examines the construction of masculinity in a variety of areas of law pertaining to the family. Throughout, Richard Collier integrates recent theoretical developments in legal studies with a social theory of gender, the family and the social construction of masculinity. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Collier, Richard, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Subjects:
Men > Legal status, laws, etc.
Sex and law.
Critical legal studies.
Fathers > Legal status, laws, etc.
Masculinity.
Men > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain.
Sexualité et droit.
Critique du droit (Mouvement)
Masculinité.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Critical legal studies
Masculinity
Sex and law
Rechtstheorie.
Mannelijkheid.
Familierecht.
Sexualité et droit > Grande-Bretagne.
Critique du droit > Grande-Bretagne.
Pères > Statut juridique > Grande-Bretagne.
Hommes > Statut juridique > Grande-Bretagne.
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: on law and masculinity. The sociology of masculinity: a context. Theorising law and masculinity. Towards a study of law and masculinity: concluding remarks
  • 2. Theorising masculinity and the family. 'Critical' family law. Defining the 'family'. Functionalism. The public/private dichotomy. Familialism: rethinking law, power and the family
  • Conclusions: on method, masculinity and law
  • 3. Law, sex and masculinity. The legal construction of homosexuality. The homosexual personage and the emergence of (hetero) masculinity in law. Scientific 'fact' and the legal problem of transsexualism. Sex, gender and marriage
  • Conclusions: the sexual basis of hegemonic masculinity and marriage
  • 4. 'Love without fear': representations of male heterosexuality in law. A context: sexuality and society. The legal construction of sexual intercourse. The social and legal construction of male sexuality.

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