Family law

This book examines the phenomenon of Community Justice Centres and their potential to transform the justice landscape by tackling the underlying causes of crime.

This book discusses legal services clinics and various other access-to-justice initiatives that are established to protect and represent the rights and interests of children and youth in several countries across the globe.

This collection of essays is the product of a series of seminars held at the University of Cambridge in 1998 under the auspices of the newly formed Cambridge Socio-Legal Group.

This book develops a new sociology of the intergenerational and longitudinal dynamics of men's family participation in relation to their trajectories through poverty.

This volume brings together new essays in law and philosophy on a broad range of topics in children's and family law.

Did she choose that?

This book examines the strength of laws addressing four types of violence against women--rape, marital rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment--in 196 countries from 2007 to 2010.

This thematic volume in the series Studies in Private International Law Asia outlines the general choice of law and recognition rules relating to family matters of 15 Asian jurisdictions: Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India.

This book expands our understanding of the growing, yet largely unstudied practice of intercountry adoption.

Lori Chamber's fascinating study explores the legal history of adoption in Ontario since the passage of the first statute in 1921.

Caregiving is inevitably fraught with complex issuesemotional as well as medical, financial, and legal.

This groundbreaking book contributes to, and refocuses, public debates about the incorporation of plural approaches into the English legal system.

This comparative study investigates the place of Hindu divorce in the Indian legal system and considers whether it offers a way out of a matrimonial crisis situation for women.

At a time when the future of the welfare state is the object of heated debate in many European countries, this edited collection explores the relationship between this institution and social rights.

What does conservatism, as a body of political thought, say about the legal regulation of intimate relationships, and to what extent has this thought influenced the Conservative Party's approach to family law?

A welcome addition to the busy practitioner's bookshelf, briefcase or backpack.

Analysing the strategies people use to resist, accept and respond to laws that attempt to shape not just their behaviour, but also their identity, this book pursues a critical engagement with legal gender transition.

The only book to delve so extensively into the Domestic Violence Act 2018; this title provides an overview of the Act, with critical analysis of all measures and procedural developments, including new crimes of forced marriage and coercive control.

Legal aid for family cases in private law, mainly divorce and separation, where the state is not directly involved as it is in public law cases where there are issues of domestic violence or neglect or abuse of children, came to an abrupt end together with help for welfare and immigration cases on April 1 2013 when the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) came into effect.

This 2006 book establishes ethical guidelines for legal conduct in child custody and dependency proceedings.

Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2018International adoption is in a state of virtual collapse, rates having fallen by more than half since 2004 and continuing to fall.

This book examines the use of violence by children and young people in family settings and proposes specialised and age-appropriate responses to these children and young people It interrogates the adequacy and effectiveness of current service and justice system responses, including analysis of police, court and specialist service responses.

This book brings together academics, legal practitioners and activists with a wide range of pro-choice, pro-life and other views to explore the possibilities for cultural, philosophical, moral and political common ground on the subjects of abortion and reproductive justice more generally.

At a time when Europe is witnessing major cultural, social, economic and political challenges and transformations, this book brings together leading researchers and experts to consider a range of pressing questions relating to the historical origins, contemporary manifestations and future prospects for juvenile justice.

The new edition of this well established handbook provides up-to-date information on a topic of increasing importance across a range of disciplines and practices.

This book continues the themes addressed by its five predecessors in this series by examining the role of the principle of the welfare interests of the child as addressed in international legislation and by international courts.

Marriage is one of the few personal contracts in which your state dictates the terms-unless you create your own customized premarital agreement.

This book focuses on Islamic family law as interpreted and applied by judges in Europe, Australia and North America.

Gleich richtig loslegenMit dem ersten eigenen Geld kommen viele Fragen, über die sich die wenigsten bis dahin Gedanken gemacht haben: Was bedeuten die wichtigsten Klauseln in meinem Arbeitsvertrag und die Abkürzungen auf meinem Gehaltszettel?

Mehr als ein Drittel der Bevölkerung Deutschlands engagiert sich ehrenamtlich für das Gemeinwohl.

Offering intentional parenthood as the most appropriate, flexible and just normative doctrine for resolving the various dilemmas that have surfaced in the modern era.

This book draws international attention to the autonomy of the child accompanying incarcerated mothers, and those they leave behind in the community, despite being dependent on the convicted caregiver.

The Civil Partnership Act 2004 and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 are important legal, social and historical landmarks, rich in symbolic, material and cultural meanings.

With regard to family law, this volume examines claims based on cultural tradition, ethnic background, custom, religious affiliation and sexual orientation, as well as various other "e;claims"e; that are not officially recognized in state law, in 15 jurisdictions around the world.

In the last 20 years, the related phenomena of honour-based violence and forced marriages have received increasing attention at the international and European level.

This book contrasts and compares the different application of the law relating to the welfare interests of children in Australia and New Zealand including, respectively, the Indigenous and Maori children of those countries.

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.

America's foster care system has a noble goal-to care for children that for various reasons can no longer be cared for by their families-but years of inattention and inadequate funding have left many foster youth in a precarious state.

A critical and comparative analysis of the past and future imperatives shaping child and family law around the world.

More so than in any other form of forensic evaluation, mental health professionals who conduct parenting plan evaluations must have an understanding of the most current evidence in the areas of child development, optimal parenting plans across various populations, behavioral psychology, family violence, and legal issues to inform their opinions.

Regulating the End of Life: Death Rights is a collection of cutting-edge chapters on assisted dying and euthanasia, written by leading authors in the field.

The European Convention on Human Rights is the most successful system for the enforcement of human rights in the world.

Parents Killing Children: Crossing the Invisible Line explores hidden forms of violence within the family.

Die Zulässigkeit der Leihmutterschaft und die statusrechtliche Zuordnung des "Wunschkindes" hat in den Rechtsordnungen der Staaten sehr unterschiedliche Regelungen erfahren, die vom Verbot der Leihmutterschaft über eine eingeschränkte Legalität bis zur uneingeschränkten Zulässigkeit reichen.