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Delivering family justice in the 21st century /

Family justice requires not only a legal framework within which personal obligations are regulated over the life course, but also a justice system which can deliver legal information, advice and support at times of change of status or family stress, together with mechanisms for negotiation, dispute...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Maclean, Mavis (Editor ), Eekelaar, John (Editor ), Bastard, Benoit (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2015.
Colección:Oñati international series in law and society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; THE SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE BOOK: DEFINITIONS AND BOUNDARIES; STRUCTURE AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ORGANISATION OF CHAPTERS; Part I: Law and Delivering Family Justice; 1. The Neoliberal Context of Family Law Reform in British Columbia, Canada: Implications for Access to (Family) Justice; INTRODUCTION; OVERVIEW OF THE FLA; KEY LEGAL DECISIONS; ASSESSMENT OF THE FLA: ONE YEAR ON; FAMILY JUSTICE IN NEOLIBERAL CONTEXT: WHAT DOES (FAMILY) JUSTICE REQUIRE?; CONCLUSION.
  • 2. The Revised Family Court System in New Zealand: Secret Justice and PrivatisationTHE ROLE OF THE STATE-A UNIVERSAL QUESTION?; MORE ON THE STATE: UNDERLYING TENSIONS; MORE UNIVERSAL QUESTIONS?; THE LATEST NEW ZEALAND SYSTEM; WHERE DO CHILDREN FIT IN?; RETURNING TO THE PUBLIC V PRIVATE DIVISION; CONCLUSION; 3. Shaping Substantive Law to Promote Access to Justice: Canada's Use of Child and Spousal Support Guidelines; ACCESS TO FAMILY JUSTICE: PROCEDURAL OR SUBSTANTIVE?; RULES VS DISCRETION IN FAMILY LAW; THE CANADIAN CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES; THE CANADIAN SPOUSAL SUPPORT GUIDELINES; CONCLUSION.
  • 4. Performing the Marriage Act Straight: The Legal Regulation of Marriage in the Australian Civil Wedding CeremonyINTRODUCTION; CIVIL MARRIAGE IN AUSTRALIA; THE AUSTRALIAN CIVIL CELEBRANCY PROGRAM; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CIVIL WEDDING CEREMONIES; MARRIAGE OF SAME-SEX COUPLES IN AUSTRALIA; STATEMENTS OF PROTEST IN CIVIL WEDDING CEREMONIES; NEW DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH; Part II: Judges and Courts Delivering Family Justice; 5. National Paths Towards Private Ordering: Professionals' Jurisdictions and Separating Couples' Privacy in the French and Canadian Family Justice Systems; INTRODUCTION.
  • COMMON AND DISPARATE TRENDS IN LEGAL PROCESSESCHANGES IN PROFESSIONAL JURISDICTIONS AND ROLES; CONCLUSIONS; 6. Family Justice in Bulgaria: The Old System and New Demands; FACTORS AND TRAJECTORIES FOR CHANGE; STRUCTURE AND RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE BULGARIAN FAMILY JUSTICE SYSTEM; ACCESS TO FAMILY JUSTICE; ADMINISTRATIVE PRESSURE OVER THE FAMILY COURT; CONCLUSION; 7. Family Courts and Family Cases in Poland and other Post-Communist Countries; FAMILY COURTS IN POLAND; THE POWER OF THE COURTS VERSUS PRIVATE AGREEMENTS, AS ILLUSTRATED BY FAMILY LAW CASES.
  • CHANGING FAMILIES AND CHANGING FAMILY LAW, AS ILLUSTRATED BY DIVORCEMEDIATION AND OTHER OUT-OF-COURT METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION; INSTEAD OF CONCLUSIONS; Part III: Current Context of Practice and Policy; I: Bypassing Courts; 8. Paths to Justice in Divorce Cases in England and Wales; INTRODUCTION; AWARENESS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION OPTIONS; EXPERIENCES OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESSES; MATCHING CASES AND PARTIES WITH DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESSES; PARTICULAR ISSUES IN MEDIATION; CONCLUSION; 9. Family Lawyers and Multi-agency Approaches: Why Don't Lawyers Work with Other Service Providers?