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Divorced from reality : rethinking family dispute resolution /
Over the past thirty years, there has been a dramatic shift in the way the legal system approaches and resolves family disputes. Traditionally, family law dispute resolution was based on an "adversary" system: two parties and their advocates stood before a judge who determined which party...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Families, law, and society series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Over the past thirty years, there has been a dramatic shift in the way the legal system approaches and resolves family disputes. Traditionally, family law dispute resolution was based on an "adversary" system: two parties and their advocates stood before a judge who determined which party was at fault in a divorce and who would be awarded the rights in a custody dispute. Now, many family courts are opting for a "problem-solving" model in which courts attempt to resolve both legal and non-legal issues. At the same time, American families have changed dramatically. Divorce rates have leveled of |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-207) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0814708943 9780814708941 |