Family law

Broad agreement exists among politicians and policymakers that the family is a critical institution of American life.

In Children's Rights Under the Law, Professor Samuel M.

Polls and election results show Americans sharply divided on same-sex marriage, and the controversy is unlikely to subside anytime soon.

Red Families v.

Even in secular and civil contexts, marriage retains sacramental connotations.

The study and practice of juvenile law is inherently interdisciplinary--a successful practitioner must understand not only the legal implications in the field, but also have a solid grounding in child psychology, child development, neuroscience, sociology, criminology, and social work.

This book answers two basic but under-appreciated questions: first, how does the American criminal justice system address a defendant's family status?

A long-awaited history that promises to dramatically change our understanding of race in America, What Comes Naturally traces the origins, spread, and demise of miscegenation laws in the United States--laws that banned interracial marriage and sex, most often between whites and members of other races.

Broad agreement exists among politicians and policymakers that the family is a critical institution of American life.

The extraordinary recent increase in rates of cohabitation and non-marital birth presents a major challenge to traditional family law principles, and the legal rules governing cohabitation are thus among the most hotly contested areas of family law and policy today.

In Unmarried Couples, Law, and Public Policy, Cynthia Grant Bowman explores legal recognition of opposite-sex cohabiting couples in the United States.

Red Families v.

For more than a decade, American lawyers have bewailed the ethical crisis in their profession, wringing their hands about its bad image.

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.

The emergence of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) presents an object lesson in the dangers that lie at the intersection of science and criminal law.

There was a time when the phrase "e;American family"e; conjured up a single, specific image: a breadwinner dad, a homemaker mom, and their 2.

Exploring the connection between families and inequality, Failure to Flourish: How Law Undermines Family Relationships argues that the legal regulation of families stands fundamentally at odds with the needs of families.

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.

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.

The emergence of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) presents an object lesson in the dangers that lie at the intersection of science and criminal law.

Over recent decades, tremendous advances in the prevention, medical treatment, and quality of life issues in children and adolescents surviving cancer have spawned a host of research on pediatric psychosocial oncology.

This second edition of Helping in Child Protective Services: A Competency-Based Casework Handbook is a comprehensive desk reference that serves as both a daily guide for workers and a training tool for supervisors and administrators.

Child maltreatment professionals from all disciplines struggle to find better ways of understanding and treating the families and children affected by maltreatment.

Violence in the home is one of the most damaging and widespread of social problems.

Children with life-threatening and terminal illnesses--and their families--require a unique kind of care to meet a wide variety of needs.

This book examines the present state of family law in America.

This book examines the present state of family law in America.

Each year more than 2 million Americans divorced, and most of them use a lawyer.

Men and women have always bargained for sex.

How do lawyers think about and make the important decisions that constitute the day-to-day practice of law?

Contemporary marriage involves complex notions of both connection and freedom.

This book introduces readers to the concept of parental alienation (PA), a belief system that is used with increasing frequency in judicial child custody and parenting plan decisions.

This third volume in a series on Comparative Succession Law concerns the entitlement of family members to override the provisions of a deceased person's will to obtain money or assets (or more money or assets) from the person's estate.

Today there are no common international rules as to which state's law shall be applied when a married couple have connections with more than one state e.

Today there are no common international rules as to which state's law shall be applied when a married couple have connections with more than one state e.

Our understanding of how pain in early life differs to that in maturity is continuing to increase and develop, using a combination of approaches from basic science, clinical science, and implementation science.

Our understanding of how pain in early life differs to that in maturity is continuing to increase and develop, using a combination of approaches from basic science, clinical science, and implementation science.

The importance of palliative care for children facing life threatening illness and their families is now widely acknowledged as an essential part of care, which should be available to all children and families, throughout the child's illness and at the end of life.

Developments in the law, scholarship, and research since 2006 form a substantial part of the second edition of this book which sets the governance of personal relationships in the context of the exercise of social and personal power.

Emergency nursing requires rapid assessment and decision-making.

The outcome for children with cancer has shown enormous improvement since the first edition of this book was published in 1975.

The outcome for children with cancer has shown enormous improvement since the first edition of this book was published in 1975.

The first comprehensive look at the global dilemma of child migrationWhy, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise?

Current Legal Issues, like its sister volume Current Legal Problems (now available in journal format), is based upon an annual colloquium held at Univesity College London.

Current Legal Issues, like its sister volume Current Legal Problems (now available in journal format), is based upon an annual colloquium held at Univesity College London.

Now in its third edition, this work has established itself as a key point of reference on English private law for lawyers in the UK and throughout the world.

Now in its third edition, this work has established itself as a key point of reference on English private law for lawyers in the UK and throughout the world.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

Children's nurses are faced with unique challenges when undertaking clinical skills, adapting their knowledge and practice for the physical and developmental age of their patients.