Biologising paternity, moralising maternity: The construction of parenthood in the determination of paternity through the courts in Portugal

Feminist Legal Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-236

  MacHado, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Children?s rights; Court proceedings; Family ideologies; Family law; Gender inequality; Legal discourse; Parenthood; Paternity testing; Sexual norms; Unmarried mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649119260     PISSN: 09663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10691-008-9089-y     Document Type: Article

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