What is a Parent: A Socio-Legal Analysis

Abstract

Part 1 Defining parenthood: parentage, parenthood and parental responsibility - subtle, elusive yet important distinctions, Andrew Bainham a biomedical perspective on parenthood, Martin Johnson assisted reproduction and the legal definition of parentage, Stuart Bridge the welfare principle and the rights of parents, Jonathan Herring familiy or familiarity?, Juliet Mitchell and Jack Goody. Part 2 New issues in contemporary parenting: donating parenthood - perspectives on parenthood from surrogacy and gamete donation, Rachel Cook unmarried fathers and the law, Ros Pickford lesbian mother families, Susan Golombok parents - a children's perspective, Allison James state intervention and parental autonomy in children's cases - have we got the balance right?, Bridget Lindley youth crime and parental responsibility, Loraine Gelsthorpe. Part 3 Parenting post-divorce: the parent-child relationship in later life - the longer-term effects of parental divorce and remarriage, Wendy Solomou, Margaret Ely, Carol Brayne and Felicia A. Huppert parents and divorce - changing patterns of public intervention, Mavis MacLean and Martin Richards the psycho-politics of post-divorce parenting, Shelley Day Sclater and Candida Yates.