Family law

This volume is the first collection of Martha Albertson Fineman's most important and influential work.

This collection of essays reflects the current interdisciplinary and international nature of the history of nursing scholarship.

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

Applying a legal pluralist framework, this study examines the complex interrelationships between religion, law and politics in contemporary Ghana, a professedly secular State characterised by high levels of religiosity.

International child abduction is one of the most emotionally charged and fascinating areas of family law practice.

Considers how to implement children''s rights in the twenty-first century through a child rights-based approach to sustainable development.

Focusing on juvenile transfer and disposition evaluations, this volume provides an up-to-date integration of current law, science, and practice with respect to juvenile risk assessment, treatment needs/amenability, and sophistication-maturity.

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

Díez explores how and why Latin America has become a leader among nations in the passage of gay marriage legislation.

should be welcomed by all those who work in the field of Family Law an 'off the shelf' comprehensive resource the focus throughout is on helping the reader, not only to understand all relevant aspects of mental illness, but also to understand how that knowledge may impact upon any particular court case Its publication is therefore most welcome and I predict that it will soon become a recognisable presence on the bookshelves of many.

Routledge Q&As give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in assessment.

Lost Childhoods focuses on the life-course histories of thirty young men serving time in the Pennsylvania adult prison system for crimes they committed when they were minors.

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 volume is a collection of articles by scholars across disciplines to create a discourse of family law independent of Religious Personal Law, whilst striving for fairness and justice to all.

Going through a divorce is always tough, but when a child with special needs is involved it can be especially challenging.

Literature in the child abuse and child protection arena has tended to adopt either a practice or legal perspective.

This book explores destitution from the perspective of international human rights law and, more specifically, economic, social, and cultural rights.

Motherhood after Incarceration: Community Reintegration for Mothers in the Criminal Legal System explores the relationships of women with their children immediately after periods of incarceration.

Die Bedeutung der einfachen Gesellschaft unter Ehegatten (Ehegattengesellschaft) in der Schweiz ist gross.

The Oxford Handbook of Children and the Law presents cutting-edge scholarship on a broad range of topics covering the life course of humans from before birth to adulthood, by leading scholars in law, medicine, social work, sociology, education, and philosophy, and by practitioners in law and medicine.

This book brings rhetorical, legal, and professional communication perspectives to the discourse surrounding policy-making efforts within the United States around two types of violent crimes against women: domestic violence and sexual assault.

The case for marriage equality and monogamy in a democratic societyThe institution of marriage stands at a critical juncture.

A Practical Guide to Fostering Law is an accessible, jargon-free guide to the key elements of the law that concern foster carers and the professionals who work with them.

For many years family law was viewed as a study of the regulation of clearly defined relationships of husband and wife and parent and child.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the teaching of an eclectic range of family law topics and the unique opportunities and challenges of teaching family law in different jurisdictions from a varied international perspective.

Marriage migration is a controversial and problematic issue in the UK as elsewhere in Europe.

A longitudinal history of Islamic child custody law, challenging Euro-American exceptionalism to reveal developments that considered the best interests of the child.

This book considers whether coercive control (particularly non-physical forms of family violence) should be prohibited by the criminal law.

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.

Family Law practice has undergone a period of rapid and significant change with the removal of legal aid funding and the establishment of the single Family Court in particular represent major adjustment for those working in the field.

This book provides a socio-legal analysis of the public participation of children in climate change matters, whilst developing a range of tools through which their participation can be increased.

The definitive guide to arguments-and how to argue, betterSex, money, in-laws, finances, the laundry on the floorEvery couple argues.

The Routledge Handbook of Attachment: Implications and Interventions offers an introduction to therapies produced as a result of the popularity of attachment studies.

The articles selected for this volume draw on game theory, political science, psychology, sociology and anthropology to consider how the process of dispute resolution is altered, challenged and made more complex by the presence of multiple parties and/or multiple issues.

This title was first published in 2002.

In den letzten Jahrzehnten hat in der Schweiz wie auch im Ausland ein gesellschaft­licher Wertewandel in Bezug auf die Familie und Paarbeziehung stattgefunden.

Each individual experiences obligations arising from personal relationships.

Going through a divorce is always tough, but when a child with special needs is involved it can be especially challenging.

Díez explores how and why Latin America has become a leader among nations in the passage of gay marriage legislation.

Answers to many legal questions often depend on our understanding of the relationship between the human brain and behavior.

This book explores the normative and legal evolution of the Social Dimension - labour law, social security law and family law - in both the EU and its Member States, during the last decade.

Since the first edition of Pauline Teslers groundbreaking book, Collaborative Law, there has been an explosion of interest in this dispute resolution method.

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In recent years there has been heightened interest in the clinical and legal management of families in which children resist contact with one parent and become aligned with the other following divorce.

Do lawyers make matters worse, or do they provide information, advice and support which can help to prevent disputes arising or manage them when they do?

This work of applied moral philosophy develops a comprehensive account of how adults as moral agents ascribe moral status to beings.