Law in Society: Reflections on Children, Family, Culture and Philosophy

Alison Diduck is Professor of Law at University College London, United Kingdom.Noam Peleg is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia.Helen Reece is Reader in Law at London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.

• Introduction Alison Diduck, Noam Peleg, and Helen ReeceI Law and Stories: Culture, Religion and Philosophy Professing Jurisprudence Roger CotterrellLaws, Values, Cultures John EekelaarPhilosophy of Law: Secular and Religious (With Some Reference to Jewish Family Law) Bernard S. JacksonRules of Forgiveness and the Role of Narratives in Talmudic Law David NelkenThe People’s Choice: Law in Culture and Society Lawrence M. Friedman‘A Child’s Mind as a Blank Book’: Myth, Childhood, and the Corporation Anne McGillivrayII Law and Rights Taking Children’s Rights Seriously: The Need for a Multilingual Approach John TobinThe Jurisprudence of Making Decisions Affecting Children: An Argument to Prefer Duty to Children’s Rights and Welfare Lucinda FergusonMichael Freeman’s Contribution to Childhood Rights Mark HenaghanMichael Freeman’s View of Children’s Rights and Some Ideas Arising from His Views Priscilla AldersonWhat if Children had been Involved in Drafting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child? Laura Lundy, Elizabeth Welty, Beth Blue Swadener, Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, Kylie Smith, and Dympna DevineEnding Corporal Punishment in Childhood: Advancing Children’s Rights to Dignity and Respectful Treatment Bernadette J. SaundersIII Law and the Coercive State Refl ections on Michael Freeman’s ‘Law and Order in 1984’ Robert ReinerChildren’s Rights and Children’s Criminal Responsibility Heather KeatingMichael Freeman and Domestic Violence Helen ReeceThe Spirit and the Corruption of Cricket Peter AlldridgeChildren’s Rights: Preventing the Use of State Care and Preventing Care Proceedings Judith MassonIV Law and Personal Living Michael Freeman and the Rights and Wrongs of Resolving Private Law Disputes Felicity Kaganas and Christine PiperBest Interests of the Child in Relocation: The Work and Views of Lawyers in England and Wales Ghislaine LanteigneSurrogacy Law: From Piecemeal Tweaks to Sustained Review and Reform Amel Alghrani, Danielle Griffi ths, and Margaret BrazierThe Right to Responsible Parents? Making Decisions about the Healthcare of Young and Dependent Children Jo BridgemanThe Abuse of Parents by Children Jonathan HerringAn Unnatural Union? – British Conservatism and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 Andrew GilbertV Law and International Living The Family Law World of Michael Freeman Sanford N. KatzThe Contribution of the South African Constitutional Court to the Jurisprudential Development of the Best Interests of the Child Meda CouzensAssisted Reproduction and the Child’s Right to Know His or Her Origins: Sweden’s Response to its International Law Obligations and New Challenges raised by Surrogacy Jane StollSometimes as a Child, Sometimes as an Adult: Children and Access to Justice in Italy Maria Federica MoscatiThe Application of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Dutch Legal Practice Coby de GraafMichael Freeman And International Family Justice The Rt. Hon. Sir Mathew ThorpeThirty Years of the Hague Abduction Convention: A Children’s Rights Perspective Rhona SchuzVI Law and Michael Freeman Thinking About Children’s Rights Sociologically Michael FreemanLaw and … Michael Freeman: The Scholar, The Man, the Modern Renaissance Humanist Carrie Menkel-MeadowAbout the Contributors.