Elizabeth Brake is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. She is the author of Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law and editor of After Marriage: Rethinking Marital Relationships (both with Oxford University Press). Lucinda Ferguson is Associate Professor of Family Law, University of Oxford; Tutorial Fellow in Law, Oriel College, Oxford; and an Associate Member of 1 King's Bench Walk. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on conceptual puzzles within family law, such as the justifiability of financial obligations upon relationship breakdown and arbitration, as well as children's law, particularly debates over children's rights.

This collection of essays offer fascinating insights and encourage critical interdisciplinary thinking. It will prove to be an enjoyable read and a valuable resource for a wide range of readers.

• Elizabeth Brake and Lucinda Ferguson: Introduction: The Importance of Theory to Children's and Family Law Part One: Definitions 1: John Eekelaar: Family Law and Legal Theory 2: David Archard: Family and Family Law: Concepts and Norms Part Two: Relationships 3: Elizabeth Brake: Paid and Unpaid Care: Marriage, Equality, and Domestic Workers 4: Ron Den Otter: A Perfectionist Argument for Legal Recognition of Polyamorous Relationships 5: Robert Leckey: Cohabitants, Choice, and the Public Interest 6: Charlotte Bendall and Rosie Harding: Heteronormativity in Dissolution Proceedings: Exploring the Impact of Recourse to Legal Advice in Same Sex Relationship Breakdown 7: Matt Lister: The Rights of Families and Children at the Border Part Three: Rights and Obligations 8: Diane Jeske: Moral and Legal Obligations to Support 'Family' 9: Colin Macleod: Are Children's Rights Important? 10: Scott Altman: Parental Control Rights 11: Lucinda Ferguson: An Argument for Treating Children as a 'Special Case' Part Four: Regulation and Intervention 12: Brian Bix: Private Ordering in Family Law 13: James G Dwyer: Regulating Child Rearing in a Culturally Diverse Society 14: Mary Lyndon Shanley: Reconceptualizing Family Relationships in an Age of Reproductive Technologies

Elizabeth Brake is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. She is the author of Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law and editor of After Marriage: Rethinking Marital Relationships (both with Oxford University Press). Lucinda Ferguson is Associate Professor of Family Law, University of Oxford; Tutorial Fellow in Law, Oriel College, Oxford; and an Associate Member of 1 King's Bench Walk. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on conceptual puzzles within family law, such as the justifiability of financial obligations upon relationship breakdown and arbitration, as well as children's law, particularly debates over children's rights.

This collection of essays offer fascinating insights and encourage critical interdisciplinary thinking. It will prove to be an enjoyable read and a valuable resource for a wide range of readers.

• Elizabeth Brake and Lucinda Ferguson: Introduction: The Importance of Theory to Children's and Family Law Part One: Definitions 1: John Eekelaar: Family Law and Legal Theory 2: David Archard: Family and Family Law: Concepts and Norms Part Two: Relationships 3: Elizabeth Brake: Paid and Unpaid Care: Marriage, Equality, and Domestic Workers 4: Ron Den Otter: A Perfectionist Argument for Legal Recognition of Polyamorous Relationships 5: Robert Leckey: Cohabitants, Choice, and the Public Interest 6: Charlotte Bendall and Rosie Harding: Heteronormativity in Dissolution Proceedings: Exploring the Impact of Recourse to Legal Advice in Same Sex Relationship Breakdown 7: Matt Lister: The Rights of Families and Children at the Border Part Three: Rights and Obligations 8: Diane Jeske: Moral and Legal Obligations to Support 'Family' 9: Colin Macleod: Are Children's Rights Important? 10: Scott Altman: Parental Control Rights 11: Lucinda Ferguson: An Argument for Treating Children as a 'Special Case' Part Four: Regulation and Intervention 12: Brian Bix: Private Ordering in Family Law 13: James G Dwyer: Regulating Child Rearing in a Culturally Diverse Society 14: Mary Lyndon Shanley: Reconceptualizing Family Relationships in an Age of Reproductive Technologies

Elizabeth Brake is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. She is the author of Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law and editor of After Marriage: Rethinking Marital Relationships (both with Oxford University Press). Lucinda Ferguson is Associate Professor of Family Law, University of Oxford; Tutorial Fellow in Law, Oriel College, Oxford; and an Associate Member of 1 King's Bench Walk. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on conceptual puzzles within family law, such as the justifiability of financial obligations upon relationship breakdown and arbitration, as well as children's law, particularly debates over children's rights.

This collection of essays offer fascinating insights and encourage critical interdisciplinary thinking. It will prove to be an enjoyable read and a valuable resource for a wide range of readers.

• Elizabeth Brake and Lucinda Ferguson: Introduction: The Importance of Theory to Children's and Family Law Part One: Definitions 1: John Eekelaar: Family Law and Legal Theory 2: David Archard: Family and Family Law: Concepts and Norms Part Two: Relationships 3: Elizabeth Brake: Paid and Unpaid Care: Marriage, Equality, and Domestic Workers 4: Ron Den Otter: A Perfectionist Argument for Legal Recognition of Polyamorous Relationships 5: Robert Leckey: Cohabitants, Choice, and the Public Interest 6: Charlotte Bendall and Rosie Harding: Heteronormativity in Dissolution Proceedings: Exploring the Impact of Recourse to Legal Advice in Same Sex Relationship Breakdown 7: Matt Lister: The Rights of Families and Children at the Border Part Three: Rights and Obligations 8: Diane Jeske: Moral and Legal Obligations to Support 'Family' 9: Colin Macleod: Are Children's Rights Important? 10: Scott Altman: Parental Control Rights 11: Lucinda Ferguson: An Argument for Treating Children as a 'Special Case' Part Four: Regulation and Intervention 12: Brian Bix: Private Ordering in Family Law 13: James G Dwyer: Regulating Child Rearing in a Culturally Diverse Society 14: Mary Lyndon Shanley: Reconceptualizing Family Relationships in an Age of Reproductive Technologies