Caring and the Law

Caring and the Law' considers the law's response to caring. It explores how care is valued and recognised, how it is regulated and restricted and how the values of caring are reflected in the law. It does this by examining the law's interaction with caring in a wide range of fields including family, medical, welfare, criminal and tort law. At the heart of the book is the claim that the law has failed to recognise the importance of caring in many areas and in doing so has led to the costs and burdens of care falling on those who provide it, primarily women. It has also meant that the law has failed to protect those who receive care from the abuse that can take place in a caring context. The book promotes an ethic of care as providing an ethical and conceptual framework for the law to respond to caring relationships.

Author: Jonathan Herring
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 04/12/2013
Pages: 374
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.78d
ISBN13: 9781849461061
ISBN10: 1849461066
BISAC Categories:
- Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
- Law | Medical Law & Legislation
- Law | Constitutional

About the Author
Jonathan Herring is a Professor of Law at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College.