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John Eekelaar, FBA, is a 'giant of family law', whose unrivalled
contribution to the entire breadth of family law scholarship and
research, has brought many doctrinal, theoretical, empirical and
contextual insights to the study of family law and family justice.
His world-wide reputation and influence in the field of family law,
and the huge body of literature his career of more than 50 years
has produced, is celebrated in this collection of essays written by
senior judges and fellow academics. The 66 contributions cover a
vast range of issues in family law, child law and family justice.
Many draw their inspiration from Eekelaar's sociolegal and social
policy focus, the seminal, keystone or prescient nature of his
analyses, or the various lenses through which he has sought to
refract the subject matter of family law. Throughout the book the
admiration for Eekelaar and the high esteem in which he is held is
palpable. The result is a collection of insightful critical
engagements with family law and family justice, inspired by
Eekelaar's work, which bear testament to the vast impact of
Eekelaars ideas and to his kindness and humanity.
Professor Nigel Lowe is the leading expert in international family
law, with a world-wide reputation for his work in child law,
international family relocation and child abduction. His career,
spanning more than 40 years, has produced a huge body of literature
and is internationally influential and of particular importance
within Europe.A collaborative effort by members of the judiciary,
practitioners and fellow academics from both the United Kingdom and
other jurisdictions International and National Perspectives on
Child and Family Law is a recognition of the impact of his work. It
covers key issues in international child and family law including
those in which Professor Lowe's work has been particularly
influential, namely adoption, wardship, parental responsibility,
children's rights, international family relocation and the 1980
Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.International and
transnational family law has been a developing field of study and a
growing area of legal practice over recent years. At a time of
great international change and with the complications and
implications of Brexit, this book covers many of the key issues in
family law today and provides the reader with an exploration of
possible future developments in the field.
The need to allow a change of legal sex/gender in certain cases is
no longer disputed in most jurisdictions, and for European
countries there is no question as to whether such a change should
be allowed after the decision of the European Court of Human Rights
in Goodwin v. United Kingdom (Application no. 28957/95). The
question has therefore shifted to what the requirements for such a
change of the legal sex/gender should be. Many jurisdictions have
legislated or developed an administrative approach to changing
sex/gender, but the requirements differ significantly from
jurisdiction to jurisdiction, particularly with regard to age,
nationality and marital status, as well as the medical and
psychological requirements. The latter in some jurisdictions still
include surgery and sterility as a precondition, thus potentially
forcing the persons concerned to choose between the recognition of
their sex/gender identity and their physical integrity.The book
also examines questions that are thus far under-researched, namely
what the full legal consequences of a change of legal sex/gender
should be, for example with regard to existing legal relationships
such as marriages and registered partnerships, but also concerning
children and parentage.The Legal Status of Transsexual and
Transgender Persons is the result of an international research
project, including not only national reports from 14 European and
non-European jurisdictions but also two chapters that look at legal
sex/gender changes from a Christian perspective and one chapter
from a medical-psychological perspective. The final comparative
chapter compares and contrasts the different approaches and
requirements and makes recommendations for best practice and law
reform.
Hayes & Williams' Family Law provides comprehensive, critical,
and case-focused discussion of the key legislation and debates
affecting adults and children. Cases are at the heart of family law
and this textbook offers copious case detail, with comprehensive
summaries throughout the text to ensure students understand the
development of family law through the courts. Alongside expert
analysis and critique of the current law, the text also explores
socio-legal perspectives to help students put that law into
context. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter allow
students to reflect and apply their knowledge, offering the ideal
preparation for exams and assessments. The text also includes a
range of further features to support students new to the subject,
including legislation extracts, contextual chapter introductions,
and further reading advice, alongside a clear and engaging writing
style. Digital formats and resources This edition is available for
students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and
is supported by online resources. - The e-book offers a mobile
experience and convenient access along with functionality tools,
navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support:
www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks - The online resources include: *
Multiple choice questions with feedback to test student
understanding * A flashcard glossary of key terminology * Further
reading suggestions for each chapter
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Computer Performance Engineering - 9th European Workshop, EPEW 2012, Munich, Germany, July 30, 2012, and 28th UK Workshop, UKPEW 2012, Edinburgh, UK, July 2, 2012, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Mirco Tribastone, Stephen Gilmore
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This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 9th
European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2012, held in
Munich, Germany, and the 28th UK Performance Engineering Workshop,
UKPEW 2012, held in Edinburgh, UK, in July 2012. The 15 regular
papers and one poster presentation paper presented together with 2
invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous
submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics from classical
performance modeling areas such as wireless network protocols and
parallel execution of scientific codes to hot topics such as
energy-aware computing to unexpected ventures into ranking
professional tennis players. In addition to new case studies, the
papers also present new techniques for dealing with the modeling
challenges brought about by the increasing complexity and scale of
systems today.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the
International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems
Biology, CMSB 2007, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 20-21,
2007.
The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and
selected. The papers present a variety of techniques from computer
science, such as language design, concurrency theory, software
engineering, and formal methods, for biologists, physicists, and
mathematicians interested in the systems-level understanding of
cellular processes.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Joint
Workshop on Process Algebra and Performance Modeling and
Probabilistic Methods in Verification, PAPM-PROBMIV 2001, held in
Aachen, Germany in September 2001.
The 12 revised full papers presented together with one invited
paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions.
Among the topics addressed are model representation, model
checking, probabilistic systems analysis, refinement, Markov
chains, random variables, stochastic timed systems, Max-Plus
algebra, process algebra, system modeling, and the Mobius modeling
framework.
A feature is a small modification or extension of a system which
can be seen as having a self-contained functional role, such as
Call Forwarding, Automatic Call back and Voice Mail in telephone
services, to which users can subscribe. Feature interaction happens
when one feature modifies or subverts the operation of another, and
this problem has received a great deal of attention from industry
and academics, especially in the field of telecommunications, where
new services are constantly being developed and deployed. This
volume contains refereed papers resulting from the ESPRIT FIREworks
working group. The papers focus on the language constructs which
have been developed describing features, and advocate a
feature-oriented approach to software design including requirements
specification languages and verifications logics.
This volume represents key scholarship on the issue of parental
rights and responsibilities, selected from a dense forest of
literature. The collection offers an overview of the subject and
covers topics such as: underlying rationales of who or what is a
parent; legal concepts of 'parent' and their linkage; the legal
parent - accommodating complexity; the nature and scope of parental
rights; shared parental responsibility; and parental rights and the
state.
This book provides in-depth studies of some of the leading family
law cases which have shaped modern family law in England and Wales.
Family law cases tend to raise highly controversial issues, often
on striking facts, frequently provoking wider social debate and/or
extensive publicity. Consequently, the landmark cases chosen for
this collection provide considerable scope, not only for doctrinal
analysis and explanation of the importance and impact of the
decisions, but also for in-depth examination of the social or
policy developments that influenced them. The stories behind the
cases provide a fascinating insight into the complexities of family
life and the drama that can be found in the family courts of
England and Wales.
There are a number of important (landmark) cases in the development
of Family Law in England and Wales that deserve detailed
examination and lend themselves particularly well to historical
examination. Family law cases tend to raise highly controversial
issues, often on striking facts, frequently provoking wider social
debate and/or extensive publicity. Consequently, the landmark cases
chosen for this collection provide considerable scope, not only for
doctrinal analysis and explanation of the importance and impact of
the decisions, but also for in-depth examination of the social or
policy developments that influenced them. The stories behind the
cases provide a fascinating insight into the complexities of family
life and the drama that can be found in the family courts. In
recent years, Family Law has seen enormous changes in law's
engagement with the notion of 'family', with the enactment, for
example, of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, the Gender Recognition
Act 2004 and, more recently, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology
Act 2008. As we begin to move forward into the new millennium, this
is an excellent time to engage in detailed analyses and
'stock-taking' of the landmark decisions, many of which were
decided in the 1970s, and which have shaped modern Family Law. This
book provides a series of in-depth studies of the key leading
cases, and will be of interest to students and lecturers alike.
This book examines the idea of 'parental responsibility' in English
law and what is expected of a responsible parent. The scope of
'parental responsibility', a key concept in family law, is
undefined and often ambiguous. Yet, to date, more attention has
been paid to how individuals acquire parental responsibility than
to the question of the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities
they have once they obtain it. This book redresses the balance by
providing the first sustained examination of the different elements
of parental responsibility, bringing together leading scholars to
comment on specific aspects of its operation. The book begins by
exploring the conceptual underpinnings of parental responsibility
in the context of parents' and children's rights. The analysis
highlights the inherent constraints and limitations of 'parental
responsibility' and how its scope has deliberately been curtailed
in certain contexts. The book then considers what parental
responsibility allows and requires in specific areas, for example,
naming a child, education, religious upbringing, medical treatment,
corporal punishment, dealing with any contracts entered into or
property owned by the child, representing the child in legal
proceedings, consenting to a child's marriage or civil partnership
and the law's response to the death of a child. In the final
section, the idea of the 'responsible parent' is considered in the
contexts of child support, contact, tort, and criminal law.
This important edited collection is the culmination of research
undertaken by the Children's Rights Judgments Project. This
initiative involved academic experts revisiting existing case law,
drawn from a range of legal sub-disciplines and jurisdictions, and
redrafting the judgment from a children's rights perspective. The
rewritten judgments shed light on the conceptual and practical
challenges of securing children's rights within judicial
decision-making and explore how developments in theory and practice
can inform and (re-)invigorate the legal protection of children's
rights. Collectively, the judgments point to five key factors that
support a children's rights-based approach to judgment writing.
These include: using children's rights law and principles; drawing
on academic insights and evidence; endorsing child friendly
procedures; adopting a children's rights focused narrative; and
using child-friendly language. Each judgment is accompanied by a
commentary explaining the historical and legal context of the
original case and the rationale underpinning the revised judgment
including the particular children's rights perspective adopted; the
extent to which it addresses the children's rights deficiencies
evident in the original judgment; and the potential impact the
alternative version might have had on law, policy or practice.
Presented thematically, with contributions from leading scholars in
the field, this innovative collection offers a truly new and unique
perspective on children's rights.
This important edited collection is the culmination of research
undertaken by the Children's Rights Judgments Project. This
initiative involved academic experts revisiting existing case law,
drawn from a range of legal sub-disciplines and jurisdictions, and
redrafting the judgment from a children's rights perspective. The
rewritten judgments shed light on the conceptual and practical
challenges of securing children's rights within judicial
decision-making and explore how developments in theory and practice
can inform and (re-)invigorate the legal protection of children's
rights. Collectively, the judgments point to five key factors that
support a children's rights-based approach to judgment writing.
These include: using children's rights law and principles; drawing
on academic insights and evidence; endorsing child friendly
procedures; adopting a children's rights focused narrative; and
using child-friendly language. Each judgment is accompanied by a
commentary explaining the historical and legal context of the
original case and the rationale underpinning the revised judgment
including the particular children's rights perspective adopted; the
extent to which it addresses the children's rights deficiencies
evident in the original judgment; and the potential impact the
alternative version might have had on law, policy or practice.
Presented thematically, with contributions from leading scholars in
the field, this innovative collection offers a truly new and unique
perspective on children's rights.
This book collects the latest research developments in the use of
functional programming languages. The contents highlight major
research goals and engineering concerns in the subject including:
real-time and resource-bounded functional programming; connections
between static analysis methods and functional programming;
implementation of mobile code functional languages; automated
testing of application programs and system models; These research
contributions are drawn from the international symposium on Trends
in Functional Programming. This meeting provides a vital forum for
the dissemination of the latest technical advances in the field.
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