Philosophical foundations of children's and family law / edited by Elizabeth Brake and Lucinda Ferguson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-332) and index.

Introduction: The importance of theory to children's and family law / Lucinda Ferguson and Elizabeth Blake -- Family law and legal theory / John Eekelaar -- Family and family law : concepts and norms / David Archard -- Paid and unpaid care : marriage, equality, and domestic workers / Elizabeth Blake -- A perfectionist argument for legal recognition of polyamorous relationships / Ronald C. Den Otter -- Cohabitants, choice, and the public interest / Robert Leckey -- Heteronormativity in dissolution proceedings : exploring the impact of recourse to legal advice in same-sex relationship breakdown / Charlotte Bendall and Rosie Harding -- The rights of families and children at the border / Matthew Lister -- Moral and legal obligations to support "family" / Diane Jeske -- Are children's rights important? / Colin M. Macleod -- Parental control rights / Scott Altman -- An argument for treating children as a "special case" / Lucinda Ferguson -- Private ordering in family law / Brian H. Brix -- Regulating child rearing in a culturally diverse society / James G. Dwyer -- Surrogacy : reconceptualizing family relationships in an age of reproductive strategies / Mary Lyndon Shanley.