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Family Justice - The Work of Family Judges in Uncertain Times (Hardcover, New)
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Family Justice - The Work of Family Judges in Uncertain Times (Hardcover, New)
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This book is about the delivery of family justice in England and
Wales, focusing on the work of the family judiciary in the lower
courts. The policy context is moving so rapidly that the authors
have gone beyond presenting their empirical findings to offer a
broader consideration of the nature and role of the family justice
system, as these are in danger of being lost amid present reform
proposals. The first four chapters are historical and comparative,
examining assumptions about family justice and offering a defence
of the role of legal rights in family life, and the importance of
good policy-making balancing outcome- and behaviour-focused
approaches to family justice. Comparative examples from the US and
Australia show how new approaches to family justice can be
successfully deployed. The next three chapters are empirical,
including a typology of the roles played and tasks addressed by the
judges, overturning the commonly held assumption that the central
judicial role is adjudication, emphasising the extent to which
judges integrate outcome- and behaviour-focused approaches to
family justice, and giving a detailed account of the daily work of
circuit and district judges and legal advisers. The conclusion is
that there is a trend across jurisdictions, driven by technological
innovation and by economic constraints, to reduce the role of
courts and lawyers in favour of individual choices based on private
or government-funded information sources. While these developments
can be beneficial, they also have dangers and limitations. The
final chapter argues that despite the move to privatised forms of
dispute resolution, family justice still demands a sound judicial
structure.
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