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dc.contributor.authorBaron, Paula
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-11T23:03:55Z
dc.date.available2021-03-11T23:03:55Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2009-08-11T05:53:36Z
dc.identifier.issn1171042X
dc.identifier.doi10.26686/vuwlr.v37i2.5566
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/25096
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this article is to examine the notion of legal paternal responsibility from the perspective of psychoanalytic theory. In psychoanalysis, a privileged place is accorded to the father, both in the emergence of the subject and in the symbolic order itself. This privileged position, however, flows not from the person of the father but from the performance of what Lacan terms the "paternal function". Taking up this idea, the article considers the recommendations relating to legal paternity contained in the recent New Zealand Law Commission Report New Issues in Legal Parenthood. In particular, the article challenges the proposition that legal paternity should automatically flow from genetic fathering. The article argues that the assumption that there is or should be an inherent and natural link between genetic fathering and the responsibilities of legal parenting is fundamentally misconceived; will often discriminate against women, and, in particular, lesbian parents; and may be in conflict with the best interests of the child.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherVictoria University of Wellington
dc.publisher.placeNew Zealand
dc.publisher.urihttps://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/vuwlr/article/view/5566
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom307
dc.relation.ispartofpageto334
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalVictoria University of Wellington Law Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume37
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.titleIn the Name of the Father: The Paternal Function, Sexuality, Law and Citizenship
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2006. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the journal’s website or contact the author(s).
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorBaron, Paula D.


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