商品簡介
At a time of global and domestic economic crisis, the financial aspects of domestic and familial relationships are more important and more strained than ever before. The focus of this book is on the distribution of wealth and poverty in traditional and non-traditional familial relationships. The volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to explore the way in which money matters are structured and governed within close personal relationships and the extent to which they have an impact on the nature and economic dynamics of relationships. As such, the key areas of investigation are the extent to which participation in the labour market, unpaid care giving, inheritance, pensions and welfare reform have an impact on familial relationships. The authors also explore governmental and legal responses by investigating the privileging of certain types of domestic relationships, through fiscal and non-fiscal measures, and the differential provision on relationship breakdown. The impact of budget and welfare cuts is also examined for their effect on equality in domestic relationships.
作者簡介
Susan Millns is Professor of Law at the University of Sussex. She is Co-Director of the Sussex European Institute and has research interests in European Law, Human Rights Law and Law and Gender. She has published a range of books, edited collections and scholarly articles over a twenty year period. Simone Wong is a Senior Lecturer in Kent Law School. She teaches Equity & Trusts and Banking Law. Her research interests include property, equity, trusts and cohabitation. Her current research focuses on home-sharing, especially property distribution, on the breakdown of domestic relationships. She has published widely on these and related areas. She is a member of the editorial board of Feminist Legal Studies.
