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Family law : processes, practices and pressures : proceedings of the Tenth World Conference of the International Society of Family Law, July 2000, Brisbane, Australia / edited by John Dewar and Stephen Parker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford, England : Hart Publishing, 2003.Description: 596 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781841133089
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.015 DEW.F
Contents:
Part I. Processes 1. Children's particpation in the family justice system : translating principles into practice /​ Nigel Lowe and Mervyn Murch 2. Children's participation in family court litigation /​ Richard Chisholm 3. Delivery systems for protective services and related legal services for victims of domestic violence within a major American state /​ Jane Muller-Peterson, Robert E Raines and Andrea C Jacobsen 4. Paternalism, participation and placation : young people's experiences of representation in child protection proceedings in England and Wales /​ Judith Masson 5. Issues in the making of Ouster orders under the Domestic Violence (Family Protection) Act 1989 (Qld) /​ Rachael Field, Belinda Carpenter and Susan Currie 6. The South African Family Court : a first world ideal in a second world country /​ Sandra Burman, Emma Dingle and Nichola Glasser 7. Establishing paternity in judicial proceedings in Spain : what protection for human rights? /​ Encarna Roca and Isabel Miralles 8. Suing child welfare agencies : a comparative view from New Zealand /​ Bill Atkin and Geoff McLay 9. Adoption - a public or private legal process? : The changing social functions of adoption in Ireland and the wider implications for coherence in family law /​ Kerry O'Halloran Part II. Practices 10. Children and the transformation of family law /​ Carol Smart 11. In search of the 'good father' : law, family practices and the normative reconstruction of parenthood /​ Richard Collier 12. Different approaches to post-divorce family relationships : the example of contact centres in France /​ Benoit Bastard 13. Legal and educational interventions for families in residence and contact disputes /​ Joan B Kelly 14. Agents or dependants : children and the family law system /​ Pauline Tapp, Nicola Taylor and Mark Henaghan 15. The reconstituted family in Italian law and society /​ Valeria Mazzotta 16. Child-centred, vertically structured and interdisciplinary : an integrative approach to children's policy, practice and research /​ Annie G Steinberg, Barbara Bennett Woodhouse and Alyssa Burrell Cowan 17. Children's rights and the use of force in their own best interests /​ Jane Fortin 18. The lawyer-client relationship in family law : does client funding status make a difference? /​ Rosemary Hunter 19. The distribution of stock options on divorce and proposed changes in American divorce law /​ David S Rosettenstein 20. Registered partnership in the Netherlands /​ Gergor van der Burght 21. A comparative study of the transfer of family wealth : from privilege to equality /​ Maria Donata Panforti 22. The constitutional dimension of customary family law in Papua New Guinea /​ Owen Jessep Part III. Pressures 23. Law reform by frozen chook : family law reform for the new millennium? /​ Reg Graycar 24. Can international conventions drive domestic law reform? : The case of physical punishment of children /​ Elaine E Sutherland 25. Emancipation of the African woman : fact or fallacy? /​ Elmarie Knoetze 26. The state, race, religion and the family in England today /​ Michael Freeman 27. Men and women behaving badly : is fault dead in English family law? /​ Andrew Bainham 28. Macro social and economic factors in society which influence the success of financial rearrangements on divorce /​ Alastair Bissett-Johnson 29. De facto property developments in New Zealand : pressures impeded progress /​ Bill Atkin and Wendy Parker 30. Politics, processes and pressures of legislating for children in South Africa /​ Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Belinda van Heerden 31. The introduction and impact of joint custody in Portugal /​ Maria Clara Sottomayor.
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Part I. Processes 1. Children's particpation in the family justice system : translating principles into practice /​ Nigel Lowe and Mervyn Murch
2. Children's participation in family court litigation /​ Richard Chisholm
3. Delivery systems for protective services and related legal services for victims of domestic violence within a major American state /​ Jane Muller-Peterson, Robert E Raines and Andrea C Jacobsen
4. Paternalism, participation and placation : young people's experiences of representation in child protection proceedings in England and Wales /​ Judith Masson
5. Issues in the making of Ouster orders under the Domestic Violence (Family Protection) Act 1989 (Qld) /​ Rachael Field, Belinda Carpenter and Susan Currie
6. The South African Family Court : a first world ideal in a second world country /​ Sandra Burman, Emma Dingle and Nichola Glasser
7. Establishing paternity in judicial proceedings in Spain : what protection for human rights? /​ Encarna Roca and Isabel Miralles
8. Suing child welfare agencies : a comparative view from New Zealand /​ Bill Atkin and Geoff McLay
9. Adoption - a public or private legal process? : The changing social functions of adoption in Ireland and the wider implications for coherence in family law /​ Kerry O'Halloran
Part II. Practices 10. Children and the transformation of family law /​ Carol Smart
11. In search of the 'good father' : law, family practices and the normative reconstruction of parenthood /​ Richard Collier
12. Different approaches to post-divorce family relationships : the example of contact centres in France /​ Benoit Bastard
13. Legal and educational interventions for families in residence and contact disputes /​ Joan B Kelly
14. Agents or dependants : children and the family law system /​ Pauline Tapp, Nicola Taylor and Mark Henaghan
15. The reconstituted family in Italian law and society /​ Valeria Mazzotta
16. Child-centred, vertically structured and interdisciplinary : an integrative approach to children's policy, practice and research /​ Annie G Steinberg, Barbara Bennett Woodhouse and Alyssa Burrell Cowan
17. Children's rights and the use of force in their own best interests /​ Jane Fortin
18. The lawyer-client relationship in family law : does client funding status make a difference? /​ Rosemary Hunter
19. The distribution of stock options on divorce and proposed changes in American divorce law /​ David S Rosettenstein
20. Registered partnership in the Netherlands /​ Gergor van der Burght
21. A comparative study of the transfer of family wealth : from privilege to equality /​ Maria Donata Panforti
22. The constitutional dimension of customary family law in Papua New Guinea /​ Owen Jessep
Part III. Pressures 23. Law reform by frozen chook : family law reform for the new millennium? /​ Reg Graycar
24. Can international conventions drive domestic law reform? : The case of physical punishment of children /​ Elaine E Sutherland
25. Emancipation of the African woman : fact or fallacy? /​ Elmarie Knoetze
26. The state, race, religion and the family in England today /​ Michael Freeman
27. Men and women behaving badly : is fault dead in English family law? /​ Andrew Bainham
28. Macro social and economic factors in society which influence the success of financial rearrangements on divorce /​ Alastair Bissett-Johnson
29. De facto property developments in New Zealand : pressures impeded progress /​ Bill Atkin and Wendy Parker
30. Politics, processes and pressures of legislating for children in South Africa /​ Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Belinda van Heerden
31. The introduction and impact of joint custody in Portugal /​ Maria Clara Sottomayor.

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