Origins

Question 1

Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd 2000 - Summary?

Answer 1

Case is the leading authority for defining family although only in the context of the Rent Act.

Family is not restricted to people linked by marriage or blood.

Question 2

According to the Office for National Statistics 2012 - Is the rate of marriage dropping?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

Arguments for family life?

Answer 3

Emotional security

Development of people’s identities

Benefits the state

Question 4

Arguments against family life?

Answer 4

Abuse/Domestic violence

Oppression of women

Encourages values of selfishness

Question 5

Reforming family types?

Answer 5

Care dependent focus from sexual relations - Martha Fineman

Collectivism/Communities - Barrett and MacIntosh

Question 6

Does family have a definition? If not, why?

Answer 6

It does not.

Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd 2000 is the leading case for a meaning of family.

However their Lordships were only considering the meaning of family in regard to the Rent Act.