Introduction Alison Diduck, Noam Peleg, and Helen Reece I Law and Stories: Culture, Religion and Philosophy Professing Jurisprudence Roger Cotterrell Laws, Values, Cultures John Eekelaar Philosophy of Law: Secular and Religious (With Some Reference to Jewish Family Law) Bernard S. Jackson Rules of Forgiveness and the Role of Narratives in Talmudic Law David Nelken The People's Choice: Law in Culture and Society Lawrence M. Friedman 'A Child's Mind as a Blank Book': Myth, Childhood, and the Corporation Anne McGillivray II Law and Rights Taking Children's Rights Seriously: The Need for a Multilingual Approach John Tobin The Jurisprudence of Making Decisions Affecting Children: An Argument to Prefer Duty to Children's Rights and Welfare Lucinda Ferguson Michael Freeman's Contribution to Childhood Rights Mark Henaghan Michael Freeman's View of Children's Rights and Some Ideas Arising from His Views Priscilla Alderson What if Children had been Involved in Drafting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child? Laura Lundy, Elizabeth Welty, Beth Blue Swadener, Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, Kylie Smith, and Dympna Devine Ending Corporal Punishment in Childhood: Advancing Children's Rights to Dignity and Respectful Treatment Bernadette J. Saunders III Law and the Coercive State Refl ections on Michael Freeman's 'Law and Order in 1984' Robert Reiner Children's Rights and Children's Criminal Responsibility Heather Keating Michael Freeman and Domestic Violence Helen Reece The Spirit and the Corruption of Cricket Peter Alldridge Children's Rights: Preventing the Use of State Care and Preventing Care Proceedings Judith Masson IV Law and Personal Living Michael Freeman and the Rights and Wrongs of Resolving Private Law Disputes Felicity Kaganas and Christine Piper Best Interests of the Child in Relocation: The Work and Views of Lawyers in England and Wales Ghislaine Lanteigne Surrogacy Law: From Piecemeal Tweaks to Sustained Review and Reform Amel Alghrani, Danielle Griffi ths, and Margaret Brazier The Right to Responsible Parents? Making Decisions about the Healthcare of Young and Dependent Children Jo Bridgeman The Abuse of Parents by Children Jonathan Herring An Unnatural Union? - British Conservatism and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 Andrew Gilbert V Law and International Living The Family Law World of Michael Freeman Sanford N. Katz The Contribution of the South African Constitutional Court to the Jurisprudential Development of the Best Interests of the Child Meda Couzens Assisted Reproduction and the Child's Right to Know His or Her Origins: Sweden's Response to its International Law Obligations and New Challenges raised by Surrogacy Jane Stoll Sometimes as a Child, Sometimes as an Adult: Children and Access to Justice in Italy Maria Federica Moscati The Application of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Dutch Legal Practice Coby de Graaf Michael Freeman And International Family Justice The Rt. Hon. Sir Mathew Thorpe Thirty Years of the Hague Abduction Convention: A Children's Rights Perspective Rhona Schuz VI Law and Michael Freeman Thinking About Children's Rights Sociologically Michael Freeman Law and ... Michael Freeman: The Scholar, The Man, the Modern Renaissance Humanist Carrie Menkel-Meadow About the Contributors.