Reader on Family Law

Name: Reader on Family Law
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ISBN: 9780198763635

ISBN-10: 0198763638

ISBN-13: 9780198763635

Edition: 1994

Authors: John Eekelaar, Mavis Maclean

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Family law is one of the most popular and important areas of the modern legal syllabus, combining a high level of social theory with substantive law on matters as diverse as the rights of children, surrogate parenthood, adoption, domestic violence, and the financial consequences of divorce. In this impressive collection of key texts edited by two recognized experts in the field, law is shown to be one of the most important factors in shaping and regulating contemporary ramily life, from defining "what is a family" to intervening to protect and enforce the rights of individual family members. Given the importance of family life and family values, family law has become one of the most…

Book details

List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/2/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 406
Size: 5.44" wide x 8.50" long x 0.99" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Introduction



Changing patterns of family life



The proper thing to do



Feminism and the public-private distinction



Regulating families or legitimating patriarchy?



Marriage: an unnecessary legal concept?



Australia: a proposal for reform



Child support reassessed: limits of private responsibility and the public interest



Divorcing children: roles for parents and the state



Hype or hope? The importance of pro-arrest policies and batterers' programmes from North America to Britain as key measures for preventing violence against women in the home



Law, policy and practice: an uneasy synthesis



Responding to children's needs: an issue of law



Solicitors and clients



Alternative dispute resolution and divorce: natural experimentation in family law



The virtues of formality