What is a Family?: Law and Regulation in a Transdisciplinary Context (Law, Society, Policy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1529246342 ISBN 13: 9781529246346

Publisher: Bristol University Press, 2026

Synopsis

How family is formed, lived and understood has shifted dramatically—yet legal frameworks often still reflect outdated norms. This interdisciplinary collection brings together a diverse team of international contributors to explore what a family is through the lenses of law, sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics and history.

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About the Authors

Martha Albertson Fineman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science and a Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University. An award winning scholar, she is the Founding Director of both the Feminism and Legal Theory Project and the Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative.

Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and DW Wolf-Clarendon Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford.

Alice Margaria is an Assistant Professor in Law and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Program Human Reproduction Reloaded at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Claire Fenton-Glynn is a Professor of Law at the University of Monash, Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529246342
• ISBN 13: 9781529246346
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Margaria Alice