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This book presents papers from an International Symposium on
Contact Disputes and Allegations of Domestic Violence: Identifying
Best Practices, held in London in May 2017. The editors invited a
group of international experts to explain the approaches taken in
their jurisdictions to allegations of domestic violence in child
contact cases, with a view to identifying international best
practices in such cases. The book includes contributions from
England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Sweden and Spain, as
well as information presented at the symposium from New Zealand and
Australia. The chapters include attention to particular issues such
as specialist domestic violence courts, judicial training and
hearing children’s voices. Collectively, the chapters identify a
set of common problems experienced across all of the jurisdictions,
including an overwhelming emphasis on the value of children’s
ongoing contact with non-resident parents and the consequent
minimisation of domestic violence and the muting of the voices of
children who do not wish to have contact with abusive parents. Best
practices in taking domestic violence seriously and providing
adequate protection from further abuse for children and non-abusive
parents were less in evidence. However, the concluding chapter
draws together details of several initiatives and approaches which
offer promising ways forward. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Social
Welfare and Family Law.
This book presents papers from an International Symposium on
Contact Disputes and Allegations of Domestic Violence: Identifying
Best Practices, held in London in May 2017. The editors invited a
group of international experts to explain the approaches taken in
their jurisdictions to allegations of domestic violence in child
contact cases, with a view to identifying international best
practices in such cases. The book includes contributions from
England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Sweden and Spain, as
well as information presented at the symposium from New Zealand and
Australia. The chapters include attention to particular issues such
as specialist domestic violence courts, judicial training and
hearing children's voices. Collectively, the chapters identify a
set of common problems experienced across all of the jurisdictions,
including an overwhelming emphasis on the value of children's
ongoing contact with non-resident parents and the consequent
minimisation of domestic violence and the muting of the voices of
children who do not wish to have contact with abusive parents. Best
practices in taking domestic violence seriously and providing
adequate protection from further abuse for children and non-abusive
parents were less in evidence. However, the concluding chapter
draws together details of several initiatives and approaches which
offer promising ways forward. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Social
Welfare and Family Law.
The third edition of this work on family law, comprising text,
cases and materials, provides not only an explication of legal
principle but also explores, primarily from a feminist perspective,
some of the assumptions about, and constructions of, gender, sexual
orientation, class and culture that underlie the law. It examines
the ideology of the family and, in particular, the role of the law
in contributing to and reproducing that ideology. Structured around
the themes of equality, welfare, and family privacy, the book aims
to offer the benefits of a textbook while also giving students a
wide-ranging set of materials for classroom discussion. As well as
providing a firm grounding in family law, the text sets the law in
its social and historical context and encourages a critical
approach by students to the subject. It provides an ideal
introduction to family law for undergraduates, but will be equally
helpful for postgraduate students of family law for whom it
provides a challenging selection of materials set within a
theoretical framework rich in ideas and arguments. Review of the
second edition: 'Diduck and Kaganas examine legal developments to
shed light on society, principally by investigating the ways in
which family law constructs and regulates family life and
responsibilities. Theirs is an important and ambitious book that
aims ultimately at a feminist restatement of family law. .... [T]he
[book] is written and referenced in such depth that it is a useful
resource for legal as well as social science researchers at all
levels, whether looking for theoretical inspiration or drawing up a
literature review. The range of diverse sources that Diduck and
Kaganas draw on is impressive: they seem to have included every bit
of material that helps feminists make sense of family law. There is
a well-pitched selection of further reading of such material at the
end of each chapter. What's more, they undersell themselves by
describing their book as "Text, Cases and Materials", because they
have woven by far the largest proportion of the cases and materials
into the text.' Helen Reece, Times Higher Education, May 2007.
Reviews of first edition: 'A stimulating work which attempts to
situate family law in its social, historical and political context.
Its appeal should not be confined to family law students, as its
commitment to a critical and analytical approach offers insights
and ideas with broader significance.' Mary Childs, Child and Family
Law Quarterly, September 2002 'The arguments are provocative, the
analysis is stimulating and the materials amassed strongly support
the authors' aim to question the "axiomatic status of what is
traditionally designated as the family".' Fiona E Raitt, Infant and
Child Development, September 2002 'It is not often that one can say
of a textbook in Law that it "makes interesting reading" with quite
the enthusiasm that can be expressed for this text. This new
publication offers something that few textbooks seem to offer - a
book you CAN open up virtually anywhere and find an interesting
piece on almost any aspect of the broad family law spectrum.' Penny
Booth, The Law Teacher, September 2002 'All the major themes in
feminist and constructionist perspectives in family law are
presented together with a wealth of readings and extensive
references. As a teaching manual, it is excellent - a coherent
feminist perspective across the entire range of family law' Marty
Slaughter, Feminist Legal Studies, July 2003
This book is a multi-disciplinary collection of essays from leading
researchers and practitioners, exploring legal, ethical, social,
psychological and practical aspects of surrogate motherhood in
Britain and abroad. It highlights the common themes that
characterise debates across countries as well as exploring the many
differences in policies and practices. Surrogacy raises questions
for medical and welfare practitioners and dilemmas for policy
makers as well as ethical issues of concern to society as a whole.
The international perspective adopted by this book offers an
opportunity for questions of law, policy and practice to be shared
and debated across countries. The book links contemporary views
from research and practice with broader social issues and
bio-ethical debates. The book will be of interest to an
international audience of academics and their students (in law,
social policy, reproductive medicine, psychology and sociology),
practitioners (including doctors, counsellors, midwives and welfare
professionals) as well as those involved in policy-making and
implementation.
It is not always clear what the concept of "partnership" under the
Children Act 1989 should mean. This volume deals with the concept
of partnership from the perspectives of law, social work and social
theory, representing an overview of the different forms that
partnership may take in relations between the various individuals
and agencies concerned with protecting children and promoting their
welfare.;The chapters are not merely descriptive in nature: several
take an analytical and critical view. This text analyzes how the
partnership principle is reflected in the law; examines partnership
between agencies; explores partnership with children in the light
of provisions in the Children Act 1989 which require consultation
with children; looks at issues of partnership with parents and
discusses child protection conferences and social work
agreements.;The book also reminds us that the notion of partnership
can individualize issues and distract attention away from the need
for resources and general policies to aid the poorest and most
vulnerable families.
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