European Dilemmas of the Biological versus Social Father: The Case of Estonia

European Dilemmas of the Biological versus Social Father: The Case of Estonia

The current understandings and practices related to biological and social fatherhood raise a crucial legal question about which model of fatherhood determination should be adapted to contemporary society: the model of a biological or social father bearing the rights and obligations related to the ch...

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Main Authors: Joamets Kristi, Kerikmäe Tanel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
Subjects:
biological father
legal father
social father
paternity
fatherhood
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2016-0010
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spelling doaj-f11c7a2074e24ad6a6b8a08bc2c725e62021-09-05T20:42:31ZengSciendoBaltic Journal of Law & Politics2029-04542016-12-0192234210.1515/bjlp-2016-0010bjlp-2016-0010European Dilemmas of the Biological versus Social Father: The Case of EstoniaJoamets Kristi0Kerikmäe Tanel1Lecturer; Ph.D., Tallinn University of Technology Tallinn Law School (Estonia)Professor; Ph.D., Tallinn University of Technology Tallinn Law School (Estonia)The current understandings and practices related to biological and social fatherhood raise a crucial legal question about which model of fatherhood determination should be adapted to contemporary society: the model of a biological or social father bearing the rights and obligations related to the child. The general ideologies of being a father and the application of different approaches have been analysed comparatively, also trying to provide the best legal policy to consider when interpreting the rules of parenthood in Estonian Family Law Act and the Estonian legal practice. The paper considers the emerging legal concept of social fatherhood to be an inevitable prerequisite for protection of the interest of the child.https://doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2016-0010biological fatherlegal fathersocial fatherpaternityfatherhood
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European Dilemmas of the Biological versus Social Father: The Case of Estonia
Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
biological father
legal father
social father
paternity
fatherhood
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Kerikmäe Tanel
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title European Dilemmas of the Biological versus Social Father: The Case of Estonia
title_short European Dilemmas of the Biological versus Social Father: The Case of Estonia
title_full European Dilemmas of the Biological versus Social Father: The Case of Estonia
title_fullStr European Dilemmas of the Biological versus Social Father: The Case of Estonia
title_full_unstemmed European Dilemmas of the Biological versus Social Father: The Case of Estonia
title_sort european dilemmas of the biological versus social father: the case of estonia
publisher Sciendo
series Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
issn 2029-0454
publishDate 2016-12-01
description The current understandings and practices related to biological and social fatherhood raise a crucial legal question about which model of fatherhood determination should be adapted to contemporary society: the model of a biological or social father bearing the rights and obligations related to the child. The general ideologies of being a father and the application of different approaches have been analysed comparatively, also trying to provide the best legal policy to consider when interpreting the rules of parenthood in Estonian Family Law Act and the Estonian legal practice. The paper considers the emerging legal concept of social fatherhood to be an inevitable prerequisite for protection of the interest of the child.
topic biological father
legal father
social father
paternity
fatherhood
url https://doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2016-0010
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