What is the family of the law? : the influence of the nuclear family model

This thesis argues that the legal understanding of ‘family’ is underpinned by a particular idealised image of the family; the ‘nuclear family’,comprising the nexus of the conjugal relationship and the ‘parent/child’relationship. I contend that this model of family is premised upon the traditional, d...

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Main Author: Brown, Alan
Published: University of Strathclyde 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.707281