From Father's Property to Children's Rights

The History of Child Custody in the United States
Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-231-08046-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

-- Judith Wallerstein

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mason, Mary Ann

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction1. Fathers/Masters: Children/Servants: Child Custody in the Colonial Era2. From Fathers' Rights to Mothers' Love: The Transformation of Child Custody Law in the First Century of the New Republic, 1790-18903. The State as Superparent: The Progressive Era, 1890-19204. In the Best Interest of the Child? 1960-19905. The Ascendancy of the Social Sciences

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Ann Mason is Associate Professor of Law and Social Welfare at the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Equality Trap, coauthor of Why Kids Lie, and coeditor of Debating Children's Lives: Current Controversies on Children and Adolescents.