Family law

A comprehensive social history of families and family law in twentieth-century AmericaInside the Castle is a comprehensive social history of twentieth-century family law in the United States.

Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes.

Locking up men who beat their partners sounds like a tremendous improvement over the days when men could hit women with impunity and women fearing for their lives could expect no help from authorities.

Domestic Violence is not just a public health and criminal justice problem, it is also an issue of universal human rights that needs immediate and vigorous attention.

Domestic Violence is not just a public health and criminal justice problem, it is also an issue of universal human rights that needs immediate and vigorous attention.

This practical resource integrates family therapy theory with playful interventions and techniques to allow family therapists to successfully engage and include children in the session.

This book of essays by legal scholars from the United Kingdom, Eire, Israel and Palestine explores the extent to which the recognition of the concept of children's rights is affected by adherence to religious, cultural and ethnic traditions.

This book of essays by legal scholars from the United Kingdom, Eire, Israel and Palestine explores the extent to which the recognition of the concept of children's rights is affected by adherence to religious, cultural and ethnic traditions.

Several jurisdictions have attempted to render divorce more harmonious by abolishing matrimonial 'fault' and facilitating the resolution of divorce disputes by mediation.

Several jurisdictions have attempted to render divorce more harmonious by abolishing matrimonial 'fault' and facilitating the resolution of divorce disputes by mediation.

This volume brings together leading research articles in to the theory, research findings and applications of modern dispute resolution.

This volume brings together leading research articles in to the theory, research findings and applications of modern dispute resolution.

Police response to incidents of intimate partner violence can be critical.

Police response to incidents of intimate partner violence can be critical.

International law has become part of everyday family law practice, as lawyers everywhere are confronted with questions regarding the rights of 'mail-order' brides, the adoption of children from other countries, the abduction of children by foreign parents, and domestic violence victims seeking asylum.

International law has become part of everyday family law practice, as lawyers everywhere are confronted with questions regarding the rights of 'mail-order' brides, the adoption of children from other countries, the abduction of children by foreign parents, and domestic violence victims seeking asylum.

The fourth edition of this popular text has been expanded to accommodate social workers' continuing need for a thorough grounding in the statutory framework of local authority practice and the wider legal context of social work in the statutory and voluntary sectors.

The fourth edition of this popular text has been expanded to accommodate social workers' continuing need for a thorough grounding in the statutory framework of local authority practice and the wider legal context of social work in the statutory and voluntary sectors.

Using gender and law in the political system of Jordan as a means of investigating broader issues surrounding the relationship between culture and political legitimacy, this volume offers an in-depth treatment of the laws that define, limit and expand women's rights.

Using gender and law in the political system of Jordan as a means of investigating broader issues surrounding the relationship between culture and political legitimacy, this volume offers an in-depth treatment of the laws that define, limit and expand women's rights.

Those involved in family and sexual relationships today face a bewildering variety of medico-legal dilemmas.

Those involved in family and sexual relationships today face a bewildering variety of medico-legal dilemmas.

The concept of the migrant as rights bearer at law is surprisingly recent and under-developed.

The concept of the migrant as rights bearer at law is surprisingly recent and under-developed.

As the radical reforms contained in the Enterprise Act 2002 have come fully on-stream, Personal Insolvency Law has become a major focus of attention.

As the radical reforms contained in the Enterprise Act 2002 have come fully on-stream, Personal Insolvency Law has become a major focus of attention.

Are pregnant women entitled to the same rights of self-determination and bodily integrity as other adults?

Are pregnant women entitled to the same rights of self-determination and bodily integrity as other adults?

Religion in the public sphere is one of the most debated issues in the field of law and religion.

Religion in the public sphere is one of the most debated issues in the field of law and religion.

This volume asks what legal and socio legal scholarship can contribute to understanding the role of law in the care and development of children.

This volume asks what legal and socio legal scholarship can contribute to understanding the role of law in the care and development of children.

Marriage today is our prime social and legal institution.

Marriage today is our prime social and legal institution.

Focused Genograms provides a cutting-edge guide to utilizing the Intersystem Approach meta-framework and attachment theory to construct focused genograms.

Focused Genograms provides a cutting-edge guide to utilizing the Intersystem Approach meta-framework and attachment theory to construct focused genograms.

This interdisciplinary volume explores the fictional portrayal of marriage by women novelists between 1800 and 1900.

This interdisciplinary volume explores the fictional portrayal of marriage by women novelists between 1800 and 1900.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2003.

This title was first published in 2003.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2002: After outlining the origins and development of family mediation on a world-wide basis, this book assesses family mediation services in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, within the context of the empirical and theoretical debates surrounding the practice.

This title was first published in 2002: After outlining the origins and development of family mediation on a world-wide basis, this book assesses family mediation services in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, within the context of the empirical and theoretical debates surrounding the practice.

Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes.

This title was first published in 2002.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.