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Conceptualising Home: Theories, Laws and Policies

Fox, Lorna

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Lorna Fox



Abstract

It is difficult to overstate the everyday importance of home in law. Home provides the backdrop for our lives, and is often the scene or the subject of legal disputes. In addition, in recent decades there has been growing academic interest in the meaning of home, which has promoted empirical studies and theoretical exploration in wide range of disciplines. Yet, while the authenticity of home as a social, psychological, cultural and emotional phenomenon has been recognised in ither disciplines, it has not penetrated the legal domain, where the proposition that home can encapsulate meanings beyond the physical structure of the house, or the capital value it represents, continues to present conceptual difficulties. This book focuses on the competing interests of creditors who lend money against the security of the property and the occupiers who dwell in the property, in the context of possession actions. By mapping the concept of home as it has evolved in other disciplines against existing legal frameworks, Conceptualising Home examines the possibilities for developing a coherent concept of home in law.

Citation

Fox, L. (2006). Conceptualising Home: Theories, Laws and Policies. Hart Publishing

Book Type Authored Book
Publication Date Dec 1, 2006
Deposit Date Mar 25, 2008
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Publisher Hart Publishing
ISBN 18411357934
Keywords Home, Socio-legal, Creditors, Occupiers, Repossession.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1126413
Publisher URL http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/details.asp?isbn=9781841135793

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