Responsible Parents and Parental Responsibility

Rebecca Probert is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Warwick. Stephen Gilmore is a Lecturer in Family Law at King's College London. Jonathan Herring is a Professor of Law at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College.

• 1 Introduction: Parental Responsibility-Law, Issues and Themes STEPHEN GILMORE, JONATHAN HERRING AND REBECCA PROBERT Part I Parental Responsibility: General Issues 2 Is Anything Now Left of Parental Rights? ANDREW BAINHAM 3 Establishing and Ending Parental Responsibility: A Comparative View JENS M SCHERPE 4 The Limits of Parental Responsibility STEPHEN GILMORE 5 The Degradation of Parental Responsibility HELEN REECE Part II The Content of Parental Responsibility 6 The Shaming of Naming: Parental Rights and Responsibilities in the Naming of Children JONATHAN HERRING 7 Parental Responsibility and Religion RACHEL TAYLOR 8 Parental Responsibility and Education: Taking a Long View DANIEL MONK 9 Parental Responsibility and Corporal Punishment SHAZIA CHOUDHRY 10 Parental Responsibility and Children's Health Care Treatment LYNN HAGGER 11 'Don't Spend It All at Once!': Parental Responsibility and Parents' Responsibilities in Respect of Children's Contracts and Property ELIZABETH COOKE 12 Children's Representation by Their Parents in Legal Proceedings CAROLINE SAWYER 13 Parental Responsibility and Children's Partnership Choices REBECCA PROBERT 14 Parental Responsibility, Relational Responsibility: Caring for and Protecting Children after their Death JO BRIDGEMAN Part III Responsible Parenting 15 Financial Support for Children after Parental Separation: Parental Responsibility and Responsible Parenting NICK WIKELEY 16 Parental Responsibility and the Responsible Parent: Managing the 'Problem' of Contact JULIE WALLBANK 17 Parental Responsibility for Juvenile Offending in English Law ROGER LENG 18 Parental Liability for Harm Caused by Children: A Comparative Analysis PAULA GILIKER

Parental responsibility remains a core concept in family law and as a unique and comprehensive compendium on this issue, the book is essential reading for anyone interested in building their knowledge of the doctrine and concept of parenthood in English law. There can be few people who would not be better informed as a result of having read it and fewer still who would not find something of interest in it. Leanne Smith Child and Family Law Quarterly Volume 22, No. 2, 2010 This is a valuable book for students and practitioners alike. Child Right Issue 258, July/Aug 2009 Responsible Parents and Parental Responsibility is an excellent collection of essays. The book represents a major contribution to the literature on this important topic and will be invaluable to all those interested in the law and policy relating to parents and children. Each chapter is of high quality and can be read in isolation for those interested in a particular topic; but at the same time, the collection holds together very well and makes for a coherent and enjoyable read for those whose interests are broader ... I recommend Responsible Parents and Parental Responsibility to readers ... wholeheartedly. Rob George International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family Volume 24, No. 1, April 2010