Family law Books

Book SynopsisThis Elgar Advanced Introduction provides key insights into family law in the US. In the midst of consequential changes wrought by the US Supreme Court, this book traces the evolution of the field from its origins in the law of domestic relations to the more modern regime of family law.

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Book SynopsisBringing together current research from a diverse range of jurisdictions on family law, the Research Handbook on Family Justice Systems addresses the aims and boundaries of family justice systems. Delineating the common purpose of family law to achieve fairness for groups of people who live or have lived together, this Handbook is concerned with the rules referred to as ‘family law’, but also with the institutions comprising the operating system.This Handbook presents the view that a Family Justice System (FJS) is a living entity, working with and for a wide range of beliefs and practices, comprising far more than a set of rules and regulations, which can respond to a changing society, while also contributing to that change. Looking specifically at the FJS as an important and evolving element in the organisation of a society, with which sociologists, as well as lawyers and family sociologists are concerned, it explores how an FJS works in practice, what it tries to do and why. With contributions from the US, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Poland, Japan and China, this Research Handbook is an internationally relevant and comprehensive work. The Research Handbook on Family Justice Systems examines FJS in practice, making it highly pertinent to researchers, academics, practitioners, government lawyers, policymakers and government administrators in the fields of sociology and law with a special interest in family law and the FJS.Trade Review‘This magnificent compendium of information about family justice is no mere survey of legal provisions. Its 25 chapters by leading scholars and researchers delve into the subject from every possible perspective, exploring, among other things, conceptual and cultural issues, the interaction between legal and social welfare structures and processes and, above all, the evidence of empirical studies. This is set within a broad international context allowing wide inter-country comparisons, and an engagement with policy going beyond critique to positive guidance for future development. Truly a treasure trove.’ -- John Eekelaar, FBATable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Family Justice Systems xi Mavis Maclean and Rachel Treloar PART I FAMILY COURTS: ROLES AND BOUNDARIES 1 Australia’s family law system: a user-centred perspective 2 Rae Kaspiew 2 Access to the Danish family justice system viewed from a user perspective 20 Christina Jeppesen de Boer and Annette Kronborg 3 Is access to justice a platitude or a reality for Canadian self-represented litigants in family court? 32 Hannah Thackeray and Julie Macfarlane 4 Family law, family courts and public opinion in Poland 48 Małgorzata Fuszara and Jacek Kurczewski 5 International child abduction 64 Nicola Taylor and Marilyn Freeman PART II NEW WAYS OF WORKING 6 Coping with the changing regimes of couples and families: the French family justice system 85 Benoit Bastard 7 The inclusion of mediation in the family justice system of Argentina: an empirical study of law, courts and actors 97 Julieta Marotta 8 Achieving compliance with post-divorce parenting contact arrangements in the Netherlands: problems and potential solutions 112 Masha Antokolskaia, Christina Jeppesen de Boer, Geeske Ruitenberg, Wendy Schrama and Inge van der Valk 9 The rights of persons with dementia and their family caregivers 129 Kayo Murayama PART III PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FAMILY JUSTICE 10 Reforming the approach of the family courts in child arrangements cases involving allegations of domestic abuse 139 Mandy Burton and Rosemary Hunter 11 The voice of the child in family law proceedings in Ireland: the challenges of achieving first-world principles within a third-world infrastructure 155 Stephanie Holt, Simone McCaughren and Aisling Parkes 12 Post-separation financial abuse, the money taboo and the family justice system: perspectives from Aotearoa New Zealand 176 Ayesha Scott 13 Parental webs: multiple and disaggregated family forms in Israel 195 Pamela Laufer-Ukeles PART IV THE IMPACT OF SYSTEMS OF BELIEF ON FAMILY JUSTICE 14 Conflicting values: family justice in Turkey between ‘modern’ and ‘traditional’ 214 Verda Irtis 15 Paths to (in)justice? The interplay between Sharīʿah tribunals and public policy 229 Federica Sona 16 Are women in polygamous customary marriages entitled to constitutional protection in the Southern African development community? 250 Sonya Cotton 17 Relational negotiations of an ethic of justice and an ethic of care: Pacific mothers’ and fathers’ moral reasoning over children’s post-separation care arrangements 272 Moeata Keil and Vivienne Elizabeth 18 The family investigation system: a legislative exploration and practical questions 286 Lei Shi, Di Yuan and Yun Zhang PART V ISSUES EMERGING 19 Federalism, terminology, geography and systematic failure: the Australian family justice ‘system’ 302 Richard Ingleby and Belinda Fehlberg 20 The move to private ordering in divorce, gender and the role of family lawyers in Switzerland 318 Michelle Cottier, Eric D Widmer, Gaëlle Aeby and Bindu Sahdeva 21 American family courts and the triple system of family law adjudication 332 June Carbone 22 Changing regulatory frameworks: piercing anonymity and early access to gamete donors 349 Rosanna Hertz PART VI PROGRESS? 23 Amicable solutions as the norm in German family court proceedings after separation and divorce 367 Thomas Meysen 24 Delivering the art of the possible: an insight into the role of government lawyers in facilitating the recognition of same-sex relationships in the United Kingdom 380 Oliver Gilman 25 What are family courts for? Lessons from a pandemic 401 Rob George Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative Commentary on the recast Regulation 2019/1111 on matters of matrimonial and parental responsibility presents a deep analysis of the Regulation and is authored by leading experts in family law and private international law.Employing a granular, article-by-article approach, the Commentary acts as a detailed reference point on the uniform jurisdiction rules for divorce, legal separation and marriage annulment, as well as for disputes over parental responsibility with an international element, including child abduction. It provides clear guidance on and interpretation of the jurisdictional rules on collaboration of authorities and on the recognition and execution of judicial verdicts.Key Features: Provides comprehensive article-by-article analysis Written by leading experts Explains the mechanics of Regulation 2019/1111 to practitioners and legal scholars alike Includes expansive reference to case-law and legal writings, and explains the relation with other EU regulations This meticulous and ambitious Commentary will be an indispensable companion for those involved in and practising family law, particularly in cases with a cross-border element, including judges, lawyers and child protection authorities. It will additionally be valuable for scholars of European family law and private international law. Table of ContentsContents: General introduction 1 Cristina González Beilfuss and Thalia Kruger INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER I SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS Cristina González Beilfuss 1 Scope 10 Cristina González Beilfuss 2 Definitions 28 Cristina González Beilfuss INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER II ‘JURISDICTION IN MATRIMONIAL MATTERS AND IN MATTERS OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY’ Laura Carpaneto and Mirela Župan 3 General jurisdiction 59 Mirela Župan 4 Counterclaim 75 Mirela Župan 5 Conversion of legal separation to divorce 79 Mirela Župan 6 Residual jurisdiction 82 Mirela Župan 7 General jurisdiction 89 Cristina González Beilfuss 8 Continuing jurisdiction in relation to access rights 101 Cristina González Beilfuss 9 Jurisdiction in cases of the wrongful removal or retention of a child 106 Thalia Kruger 10 Choice of court 114 Cristina González Beilfuss 11 Jurisdiction based on the presence of the child 126 Laura Carpaneto 12 Transfer of jurisdiction to a court of another Member State 136 Mirela Župan 13 Request for transfer of jurisdiction by a court of a Member State not having jurisdiction 152 Mirela Župan 14 Residual jurisdiction 156 Cristina González Beilfuss 15 Provisional, including protective, measures in urgent cases 162 Ilaria Pretelli 16 Incidental question 177 Cristina González Beilfuss 17 Seising of a court 183 Mirela Župan 18 Examination as to jurisdiction 193 Mirela Župan 19 Examination as to admissibility 200 Mirela Župan 20 Lis pendens and dependent actions 207 Mirela Župan 21 Right of the child to express his or her views 221 Laura Carpaneto INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER III ‘INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION’ Thalia Kruger 22 Return of the child under the 1980 Hague Convention 246 Thalia Kruger 23 Receipt and processing of applications by Central Authorities 248 Thalia Kruger 24 Expeditious court proceedings 251 Thalia Kruger 25 Alternative dispute resolution 257 Thalia Kruger 26 Right of the child to express his or her views in return proceedings 268 Laura Carpaneto 27 Procedure for the return of a child 275 Thalia Kruger 28 Enforcement of decisions ordering the return of a child 288 Thalia Kruger 29 Procedure following a refusal to return the child under point (b) of Article 13(1) and Article 13(2) of the 1980 Hague Convention 292 Thalia Kruger INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER IV ‘RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT’ Ilaria Pretelli 30 Recognition of a decision 317 Ilaria Pretelli 31 Documents to be produced for recognition 331 Ilaria Pretelli 32 Absence of documents 337 Ilaria Pretelli 33 Stay of proceedings 340 Ilaria Pretelli 34 Enforceable decisions 342 Ilaria Pretelli 35 Documents to be produced for enforcement 347 Ilaria Pretelli 36 Issuance of the certificate 352 Ilaria Pretelli 37 Rectification of the certificate 355 Ilaria Pretelli 38 Grounds for refusal of recognition of decisions in matrimonial matters 358 Ilaria Pretelli 39 Grounds for refusal of recognition of decisions in matters of parental responsibility 384 Ilaria Pretelli 40 Procedure for refusal of recognition 402 Ilaria Pretelli 41 Grounds for refusal of enforcement of decisions in matters of parental responsibility 404 Ilaria Pretelli 42 Scope 406 Thalia Kruger 43 Recognition 410 Thalia Kruger 44 Stay of proceedings 413 Thalia Kruger 45 Enforceable decisions 416 Thalia Kruger 46 Documents to be produced for enforcement 421 Thalia Kruger 47 Issuance of the certificate 425 Thalia Kruger 48 Rectification and withdrawal of the certificate 431 Thalia Kruger 49 Certificate on lack or limitation of enforceability 434 Thalia Kruger 50 Irreconcilable decisions 437 Thalia Kruger 51 Enforcement procedure 440 Cristina González Beilfuss 52 Authorities competent for enforcement 447 Cristina González Beilfuss 53 Partial enforcement 448 Cristina González Beilfuss 54 Arrangements for the exercise of rights of access 451 Cristina González Beilfuss 55 Service of certificate and decision 456 Cristina González Beilfuss 56 Suspension and refusal 462 Cristina González Beilfuss 57 Grounds for suspension or refusal of enforcement under national law 469 Cristina González Beilfuss 58 Jurisdiction of authorities or courts competent for refusal of enforcement 472 Cristina González Beilfuss 59 Application for refusal of enforcement 474 Cristina González Beilfuss 60 Expeditious procedures 477 Cristina González Beilfuss 61 Challenge or appeal 479 Cristina González Beilfuss 62 Further challenge or appeal 481 Cristina González Beilfuss 63 Stay of proceedings 482 Cristina González Beilfuss 64 Scope 485 Cristina González Beilfuss 65 Recognition of authentic instruments and agreements 489 Cristina González Beilfuss 66 Certificate 492 Cristina González Beilfuss 67 Rectification and withdrawal of the certificate 495 Cristina González Beilfuss 68 Grounds for refusal of recognition or enforcement 497 Cristina González Beilfuss 69 Prohibition of review of jurisdiction of the court of origin 501 Mirela Župan 70 Differences in applicable law 506 Laura Carpaneto 71 Non-review as to substance 511 Ilaria Pretelli 72 Appeal in certain Member States 514 Ilaria Pretelli 73 Costs 516 Ilaria Pretelli 74 Legal aid 518 Ilaria Pretelli 75 Security, bond or deposit 522 Ilaria Pretelli 76 Designation of Central Authorities 525 Mirela Župan INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER V ‘COOPERATION IN MATTERS OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY’ Mirela Župan 77 General tasks of Central Authorities 540 Mirela Župan 78 Requests through Central Authorities 547 Mirela Župan 79 Specific tasks of requested Central Authorities 553 Mirela Župan 80 Cooperation on collecting and exchanging information relevant in procedures in matters of parental responsibility 562 Mirela Župan 81 Implementation of decisions in matters of parental responsibility in another Member State 568 Mirela Župan 82 Placement of a child in another Member State 571 Laura Carpaneto 83 Costs of Central Authorities 589 Laura Carpaneto 84 Meetings of Central Authorities 593 Laura Carpaneto INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER VI ‘GENERAL PROVISIONS’ Laura Carpaneto and Mirela Župan 85 Scope 602 Mirela Župan 86 Cooperation and communication between courts 603 Mirela Župan 87 Collection and transmission of information 612 Mirela Župan 88 Notification of the data subject 619 Mirela Župan 89 Non-disclosure of information 625 Mirela Župan 90 Legislation or other similar formality 629 Thalia Kruger 91 Languages 633 Ilaria Pretelli INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER VII ‘DELEGATED ACTS’ Laura Carpaneto 92 Amendments to the Annexes 643 Laura Carpaneto 93 Exercise of the delegation 646 Laura Carpaneto INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER VIII ‘RELATIONS WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS’ Laura Carpaneto650 94 Relations with other instruments 655 Laura Carpaneto 95 Relations with certain multilateral conventions 663 Laura Carpaneto 96 Relation with the 1980 Hague Convention 667 Laura Carpaneto 97 Scope of effect 671 Relation with the Hague Convention 98 Scope of effect 684 Laura Carpaneto 99 Treaties with the Holy See 687 Laura Carpaneto INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER IX ‘FINAL PROVISIONS’ Cristina González Beilfuss 100 Transitional provisions 693 Thalia Kruger 101 Monitoring and evaluation 696 Ilaria Pretelli 102 Member States with two or more legal systems 700 Ilaria Pretelli 103 Scope 702 Thalia Kruger 104 Repeal 708 Thalia Kruger 105 Entry into force 710 Thalia Kruger

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Book SynopsisThe delinquent payment of child support by non-custodial to custodial parents is a major problem throughout the United States. To many observers, the problem is one of 'deadbeat dads' - men who simply will not make the required payments. The solution has been to enforce payment by the imposition of increasingly stringent civil and criminal penalties. Despite these efforts, the percentage of single mothers receiving child support has changed very little over the past twenty-five years. The Law and Economics of Child Support Payments investigates why this is, and approaches the payment of child support as an economic problem.To understand the issues involved, leading lawyers and economists examine various facets of the child support system from a law and economics perspective. They consider the incentives faced by both custodial and non-custodial parents, and search for policy actions that are more incentive-compatible for all participants. The assumptions underlying current child support guidelines are discussed, as are the ways in which child support payments affect family structure, teenage delinquency and income disparities between parents.This comprehensive, provocative volume will be of considerable interest to policymakers, lawyers and parent advocacy groups, as well as to students of this timely issue.Trade Review'Bill Comanor has published a fascinating collection of 10 essays on child support payment in the US.' -- European Journal of Law and Economics'. . . the book raises interesting and important questions that need to be dealt with.' -- Barbara R. Bergmann, Feminist Economics'This urgently needed, groundbreaking book provides solid data that coincides with the real life stories I have been hearing for years from men and women nationwide regarding unfair child support laws and policies that have resulted in adverse effects on their children and families. I anticipate that this book will have a major positive impact on social policy and the general collective attitudes toward families in today's society. The information presented in this book must be read and understood by every policymaker to insure that child support policies are made just and fair so that all families can prosper.' -- Dianna Thompson, National Family Justice Association, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Child Support Payments: A Review of Current Policies 2. Child Support and the Problem of Economic Incentives 3. Child Support Guidelines: Underlying Methodologies, Assumptions, and the Impact on Standards of Living 4. Child Support Guidelines and Equal Living Standards 5. Child Support Policy and the Unintended Consequences of Good Intentions 6. Hopelessly Defective: An Examination of the Assumptions Underlying Current Child Support Guidelines 7. Should Visitation Denial Affect the Obligation to Pay Support? 8. Parental Bonding and the Design of Child Support Obligations 9. Teenage Delinquency: The Role of Child Support Payments and Father’s Visitation 10. Family Structure and Child Support: What Matters for Youth Delinquency Rates? Index

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Book SynopsisEconomists have studied numerous fields of law for many years, but family law was virtually neglected until the early 1970s. It was only relatively recently that economic insights about the family crept into the consciousness of those involved in legal research.The articles within this book explore a range of family law issues and include discussions on a variety of topics including cohabitation, births outside marriage, courtship, premarital contracting, marriage and parenting. The volume includes papers on the division of responsibilities between family and state, the effects of no-fault divorce, alimony, property division and child custody. There are also works on intergenerational transfers and the elderly.The collection contains articles written by leading authorities in the field and provides a stimulating exploration of the subject of family law and economics. The book will be accessible to a wide audience, including students of law and economics, as well as both academic and practising lawyers. The questions posed in this volume are worthy of consideration by the next generation of academics.Trade Review‘Economics of Family Law, edited by Margaret Brinig is an indispensable source of legal information on every aspect of unions, but it is particularly important for the point of divorce.' -- Darius Conger, 'Economics and the American Family: A Review of Recent Literature', ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Margaret F. Brinig PART I BEFORE MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD A Outside Family Institutions 1. George A. Akerlof, Janet L. Yellin and Michael L. Katz (1996), ‘An Analysis of Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing in the United Sates’ 2. Elisabeth M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1978), ‘The Economics of the Baby Shortage’ 3. Margaret F. Brinig (1990), ‘Rings and Promises’ 4. Margaret F. Brinig and Steven L. Nock (2004), ‘Marry Me, Bill: Should Cohabitation be the (Legal) Default Option?’ 5. Stéphane Mechoulan (2006), ‘Divorce Laws and the Structure of the American Family’ B Choice of Spouse and Premarital Bargaining 6. Margaret F. Brinig and Michael V. Alexeev (1995), ‘Fraud in Courtship: Annulment and Divorce’ 7. Douglas W. Allen (1992), ‘What Does She See in Him? The Effect of Sharing on the Choice of Spouse’ 8. Amy L. Wax (1997), ‘Bargaining in the Shadow of the Market: Is There a Future for Egalitarian Marriage?’ PART II PARENTING AND BEING MARRIED A Family and State 9. Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy (1988), ‘The Family and The State’ 10. Elizabeth S. Scott and Robert E. Scott (1995), ‘Parents as Fiduciaries’ 11. Jennifer Roback Morse (1995), The Development of the Child, Prepared for the Liberty Fund Symposium: The Family, the Person and the State B The Family Firm 12. Steven L. Nock and Margaret F. Brinig (2002), ‘Weak Men and Disorderly Women: Divorce and the Division of Labor’ 13. Brian H. Bix (2001), ‘How to Plot Love on an Indifference Curve’ 14. Saul Levmore (1995), ‘Love It or Leave It: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Exclusivity of Remedies in Partnership and Marriage’ C The Unhappy Family 15. Shelly Lundberg and Robert A. Pollak (1993), ‘Separate Spheres Bargaining and the Marriage Market’ 16. Allen M. Parkman (1998), ‘Why are Married Women Working So Hard?’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I DIVORCE AND THE DIVORCE PROCESS A When and Why People Divorce 1. Gary S. Becker, Elisabeth M. Landes and Robert T. Michael (1977), ‘An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability’ 2. Lloyd Cohen (1987), ‘Marriage, Divorce and Quasi-Rents; Or “I Gave Him the Best Years of My Life”’ 3. H. Elizabeth Peters (1986), ‘Marriage and Divorce: Informational Constraints and Private Contracting’ 4. Douglas W. Allen (1992), ‘Marriage and Divorce: Comment’ 5. Leora Friedberg (1998), ‘Did Unilateral Divorce Raise Divorce Rates? Evidence From Panel Data’ B The Role of Law and the Divorce Process 6. Margaret F. Brinig and Douglas W. Allen (2000), ‘“These Boots are Made for Walking”: Why Most Divorce Filers Are Women’ 7. Yoram Weiss and Robert J. Willis (1993), ‘Transfers Among Divorced Couples: Evidence and Interpretation’ 8. Yoram Weiss and Robert J. Willis (1985), ‘Children as Collective Goods in Divorce Settlements’ 9. Allen M. Parkman (1995), ‘Human Capital as Property in Celebrity Divorces’ 10. Elisabeth M. Landes (1978), ‘Economics of Alimony’ PART II INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILIES 11. John H. Langbein (1988), ‘The Twentieth-Century Revolution in Family Wealth Transmission’ 12. James M. Buchanan (1983), ‘Rent Seeking, Noncompensated Transfers, and Laws of Succession’ 13. Margaret F. Brinig, Gerald Jogerst, Jeanette Daly, Gretchen Schmuch and Jeffrey Dawson (2004), ‘The Public Choice of Elder Abuse Law’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThose not learned in the economic arts believe that economics is either solely or essentially concerned with commercial relations. And, so it was, originally. Then, in the second half of the 20th century, economists began applying their minimalist but sturdy tools to other human activities such as marriage, child-bearing, crime, religion and social groups. In this spirit, the Research Handbook on the Economics of Family Law gives us a series of original essays by distinguished scholars in economics, law or both. The essays represent a variety of approaches to the field. Many contain extensive surveys of the literature with respect to the particular question they address. Some employ empirical economics, others are more narrowly legal. They have in common one thing: each scholar employs a core economic tool or insight to shed light on some aspect of family law and social institutions broadly understood. Topics covered include: divorce, child support, infant feeding, abortion access, prostitution, the decline in marriage, birth control and incentives for partnering. This comprehensive and enlightening volume will be a valuable reference for those interested in law and economics generally and family law in particular.Contributors: D.W. Allen, L.R. Cohen, S. Cunningham, K. Dickinson, A.W. Dnes, T. Green, M. Guldi, M. Hanlon, T.D. Kendall, J. Klick, R.I. Lerman, J. Price, B. Stevenson, T. Stratmann, A.L. Wax, J. Wolfers, J.D. WrightTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Lloyd R. Cohen and Joshua D. Wright 1. Is it Just about Love? Factors that Influence Marriage Joseph Price 2. Diverging Family Structure and ‘Rational’ Behavior: The Decline in Marriage as a Disorder of Choice Amy L. Wax 3. Economic Perspectives on Marriage: Causes, Consequences, and Public Policy Robert I. Lerman 4. Trends in Marital Stability Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers 5. The State’s Choice of Divorce Law Michael Hanlon 6. Partnering and Incentive Structures Antony W. Dnes 7. The Anatomy of Canada’s Child Support Guidelines: The Effects, Details, and History of a Feminist Family Policy Douglas W. Allen 8. The Economics of Infant Feeding Tiffany Green and Katherine Dickinson 9. Abortion Access and Risky Sex Jonathan Klick and Thomas Stratmann 10. Prostitution, Technology, and the Law: New Data and Directions Scott Cunningham and Todd D. Kendall 11. A Survey of the Literature on Early Legal Access to the Birth Control Pill and its Influence on Young Women’s Fertility, Education, Career and Labor Supply Melanie Guldi Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique selection of chapters brings together researchers from a variety of academic disciplines to explore aspects of law's engagement with working families. It connects academic debate with policy proposals through an integrated set of approaches and perspectives. Families, Care-giving and Paid Work offers an original approach to a very topical area. Not only does it consider the limitations of law in relation to the regulation of care-giving and workplace relationships, but it is premised upon a reconsideration of law's potential and engages with suggested strategies for bringing about long-term social change. Offering a range of analyses, this book will strongly appeal to policy makers and practitioners involved with promoting work and family issues, students in labor and employment studies, law and social policy, as well as academics interested in work and family reconciliation issues, or gender and law issues. Contributors: N. Busby, T. Callus, E. Caracciolo di Torella, S. Charlesworth, R. Guerrina, R. Horton, G. James, C. Lyonette, S. Macpherson, A. Masselot, O. Smith, M. Weldon-JohnsTrade Review'Balancing paid work and family life remains a significant challenge; indeed, the challenges are intensifying as economic austerity threatens the pursuit of gender equality. This excellent book provides extensive justifications for laws and policies which encourage and facilitate the reconciliation of paid work, family life and care-giving. It provides a wealth of data, from a number of jurisdictions, and examines recent trends. It is vital that this area of law and policy is protected and developed and this book plays an important role in that process.' - Clare McGlynn, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Nicole Busby and Grace James PART I: WORK–FAMILY CHALLENGES 1. Reconciling Employment and Family Care-giving: A Gender Analysis of Current Challenges and Future Directions for UK Policy Suzi Macpherson 2. Atypical Working in Europe and the Impact on Work–Family Reconciliation Clare Lyonette 3. Is There a Fundamental Right to Reconcile Work and Family Life in the EU? Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella PART II: NATIONAL APPROACHES AND CROSS-NATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS 4. The Rights and Realities of Balancing Work and Family Life in New Zealand Annick Masselot 5. Law’s Response to the Reconciliation of Work and Care: The Australian Case Sara Charlesworth 6. Parental Leave Rights in Italy: Reconciling Gender Ideologies with the Demands of Europeanization Roberta Guerrina 7. Comparative Lessons on Work–Family Conflict – Swedish Parental Leave versus American Parental Leave Michelle Weldon-Johns PART III: ACCOMMODATING CARE 8. Care-giving and Reasonable Adjustment in the UK Rachel Horton 9. Reconciling Care-giving and Work in Ireland: The Contribution of Protection Against Family Status Discrimination Olivia Smith PART IV: CHANGING FOCUS 10. Child Welfare and Work–Family Reconciliation Policies: Lessons from Family Law Grace James and Thérèse Callus 11. Unpaid Care-giving and Paid Work Within a Rights Framework: Towards Reconciliation? Nicole Busby Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book breaks new theoretical ground by constructing a framework of ‘relational vulnerability’ through which it analyses the disadvantaged position of those who undertake unpaid caregiving, or ‘dependency-work’, in the context of the private family. Expanding on existing socio-legal scholarship on vulnerability and resilience, it charts how the state seeks to conceal the embodied and temporal reality of vulnerability and dependency within the private family, while promoting an artificial concept of autonomous personhood that exposes dependency-workers work to a range of harms. The book argues that the legal framework governing the married and unmarried family reinforces principles of individualism and rationality, while labelling dependency-work as a private, gendered, and sentimental endeavor, lacking value beyond the family. It also considers how the state can respond to relational vulnerability and foster resilience. It seeks to provide a more comprehensive understanding of resilience, theorising its normative goals and applying these to different hypothetical state responses. Trade Review“The book provides a clear and understandable account of complex theoretical literature, while retaining focus upon the application of these theoretical ideas … . this book provides an excellent distillation of the role that ‘relational vulnerability’ could play in the legal regulation of adult personal relationships, offering some interesting potential solutions for the future. … book is a strong addition to the literature on the legal understanding of adult personal relationships and on the relationship between law and vulnerability theory.” (Alan Brown, International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, December 11, 2021)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introducing Relational Vulnerability.Chapter 2: Embodiment, Temporality and the Private Family.Chapter 3: Relational Vulnerability: Economic, Psychological, Spatial.Chapter 4: Vulnerability, Law and the Married Family. Chapter 5: Vulnerability, Law and the Unmarried Family. Chapter 6: Theorising Resilience.Chapter 7: Imagining the Responsive State.Chapter: 8 Concluding Thoughts.

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Book SynopsisThis book synthesizes research about the effects of food insecurity on children, families, and households, emphasizing multiple pathways and variations across developmental contexts. It focuses on emerging new methods that allow for a more refined approach to practice and policy. The volume provides a brief overview of the topic, and additional empirical chapters pose and address unanswered research questions. It concludes with a short commentary, providing recommendations for future research and policy and yielding a significant and timely contribution to advance developmental scientific knowledge and promote its use to improve the lives of children and families. Featured areas of coverage include: The effects of early food insecurity on children’s academic and socio-emotional outcomes. The effects of household food insecurity on children with disabilities. Early childhood access to Women, Infants, and. Children (WIC) and school readiness. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and adolescent mental health. Food Insecurity in Families with Children is an essential resource for policy makers and related professionals as well as graduate students and researchers in developmental, clinical, and school psychology, child, youth and family policy, public health, and social work.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Food Insecurity During Childhood.- Chapter 2. Mediators That Explain the Associations Between Food Insecurity and Kindergarten Outcomes.- Chapter 3. The Consequences of Food Insecurity for Vulnerable School-Aged Youth.- Chapter 4. Early Childhood WIC Use, School Readiness, and Outcomes in Early Childhood.- Chapter 5. Food Insecurity, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Adolescent Mental Health.- Chapter 6. Food Insecurity in Families with Children: Future Directions in Research and Practice.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents multidimensional knowledge on children of incarcerated parents using Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory as an organizing framework. It examines the extent to which different levels of the environment are supportive (i.e., leading to resilience) and stress-producing (i.e., contributing to risk). The volume explores four levels of the environment – microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem – with specific theories and paradigms woven into the inquiry at each. At the level of child and family, it discusses the factors that influence resilience and risk in children from gestation through young adulthood; at the community level, it addresses risk and resilience in the interactions between children and families and the various systems with which they interact (e.g., child welfare). Key areas of coverage include: · A description of the factors that influence the quality of programming for children and their families. · A critical analysis of state and national policies that affect which individuals receive, or fail to receive, specific services. · An overview and evaluation of the state of knowledge and implications for research and practice to improve outcomes for children of incarcerated parents. · An organizing framework to help researchers identify gaps in the existing knowledge base and distills and organizes evidence-based information for practitioners. Children of Incarcerated Parents is an essential resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as practitioners, therapists, and other professionals in child and school psychology, family studies, public health, and all interrelated disciplines, including developmental psychology, criminal justice, social work, educational policy and politics. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Part I. Micro System Chapter 1: Women and Infants Affected by Incarceration: The Potential Value of Home Visiting Program Engagement Chapter 2: Adolescents with Incarcerated Parents: Towards Developmentally-Informed Research and Practice Chapter 3: Family- and School-Based Sources of Resilience among Children of Incarcerated Parents Part II: The Mesosystem Chapter 4: The Forgotten: The Impact of Parental and Familial Incarceration on Fragile Communities Chapter 5: Racial Differences in Female Imprisonment and Foster Care Chapter 6: Language as a Protective Factor: Making Conscious Word Choices to Support Children with Incarcerated Parents Part III: Exo System Chapter 7. Development and Implementation of an Attachment-Based Intervention to Enhance Visits between Children and Their Incarcerated Parents Chapter 8: A Review of Reentry Programs and Their Inclusion of Families Chapter 9: Gender Differences and Implications for Programming During the Reentry of Incarcerated Fathers and Mothers Back into Their Communities Part IV. Macrosystem Chapter 10: We are not collateral consequences: Arrest to re-entry policy solutions for children of incarcerated parents. Chapter 11: Toward a Critical Race Analysis of Positive Youth Development for Adolescents of Color Experiencing Parental Incarceration Chapter 12: Programmatic and Policy Responses to Mothers who are Incarcerated Chapter 13: Incarcerated Parents and their Children: Perspectives from the Smart Decarceration Social Work Grand Challenge Epilogue

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Book SynopsisCrossover Children in the Youth Justice and Child Protection Systems explores the outcomes faced by the group of children who experience involvement with both child protection and youth justice systems across several countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Situated against a backdrop of international evidence and grounded in a two-year study with the Childrenâs Court in Victoria, Australia, this book presents a cohesive picture of the backgrounds, characteristics, and pathways traversed by crossover children. It presents statistical data from 300 crossover Childrenâs Court case files, alongside the expert evidence of 82 professionals, to generate a comprehensive picture of the lives of crossover children, and the individual and systemic challenges that they face. The book investigates the crucial question of why some children involved with child welfare systems experience particularly poor criminal justice outcomes, demonstrating how the convergence of cumulative childhood adversity, complex support needs, and systemic disadvantage produces acutely damaging outcomes for some crossover youth. It outlines the implications of the study, including how these findings might shape diversion and differential justice system responses to child protection-involved youth, and the innovative approaches adopted internationally to avert the care to custody pathway. This book is internationally relevant and will be of great interest to students and scholars of criminology and law, social work, psychology, and sociology, as well as legal, welfare, and government agencies and policy developers, non-government peak bodies and services, professional probation services, case managers, health and mental health services, disability and drug treatment agencies, and others who work with both young offenders and the design and implementation of policy and legislation.Trade Review"This book provides stories and experiences of ‘crossover children’ and the systems that have not given them the care they need. Unfortunately these stories are far from rare. By providing an analysis that highlights systemic failures, the book is a call to action – we need to ‘disrupt the pipeline’ from child protection and out-of-home care to youth justice." — Julie Edwards, CEO of Jesuit Social Services, Australia"This research provides an unflinching account of the criminalisation of childhood abuse and trauma, detailing the overlap of children in the youth justice and child protection systems. Attention to these children is long overdue; this research provides a vital and unprecedented picture of their experiences and their pathways into and beyond the youth justice system. It is research that absolutely must be used to inform the major improvements needed to ensure children get the support they deserve and need." — Liana Buchanan, Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People, Victoria, Australia "Children who are in both the youth justice and care and protection systems usually have the most complex cases and worst prognosis of all who come before the court. Many pass through with little or nothing happening to change their trajectories toward adult offending. Paradoxically they are perhaps the least understood and worst catered for because we have not had the quality of information necessary to help inform effective ways to manage them. In some courts, strategies such as crossover lists have been adopted to try and improve the way such cases are managed but, more often than not, these are ad hoc and based on anecdotal evidence only.The type of thorough research, wide consultation and careful analysis needed to properly inform the necessary systemic change is contained in this excellent and thoughtfully compiled book. It captures the wide range of factors to be considered including the true scale of the issue and the diversity of perspectives held by the numerous professionals and agencies interested in the subject. For that reason, it should be compulsory reading for that entire audience including academics and policy makers.It also goes beyond other research I have read by not only analysing data and looking at trends but also providing explanations for the trends and taking both a big picture and close-up look at the issues. Importantly too, it not only considers the various risk factors for these children but also reminds us that risk is not the same thing as destiny when the right opportunities are provided." — Judge Tony Fitzgerald, District and Youth Court Judge, New ZealandTable of Contents1. Child Protection and Youth Offending: A Cross-National Concern2. Government and Policy Developments Related to Crossover Children 3. The Characteristics and Pathways of Crossover Children: The Study Explained 4. Court Records: The Profile of "Crossover Kids" 5. Crossover Kids: Professionals’ Perspectives on Offending and Desistance 6. Culture and Indigeneity: Risk and Responses for Indigenous Crossover Children 7. The Nature and Contexts of Offending Among Crossover Children 8. Crossover Children: Where Criminogenic Risk Meets Systemic Disadvantage 9. Disrupting the Pipeline: Decriminalising Child Protection-Involved Youth

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This book explains and discusses how a childâs right to freedom of expression is upheld through practice and decision-making in Child Protection Services (CPS). Using the right to expression as stipulated in Article 12.2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as a point of departure, it explains what CPS practices should look like and how they must operate to uphold and enforce the rights of the child by providing the opportunity to be heard in any administrative practice. Current research literature documents extensively, and across countries, how either the voice of the child is not heard or, alternatively, the existence of a pro forma/tokenistic approach to listening to the child throughout CPS practices. Taking a three-fold approach, this book establishes a clearer connection between rights and professional practice according to Article 12 extrapolates how rights-based practice is achieved during CPS practi

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Book SynopsisRoutledge Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. Their concise text, user-friendly layout and compact format make them an ideal revision aid. Helping you to identify, understand and commit to memory the salient points of each area of the law, shouldn't you make Routledge Lawcards your essential revision companions? Fully updated and revised with all the most important recent legal developments, Routledge Lawcards are packed with features: Revision checklists help you to consolidate the key issues within each topic Colour coded highlighting really makes cases and legislation stand out Full tables of cases and legislation make for easy reference Boxed case notes pick out the cases that are most likely to come uTrade Review“This is an excellent series, which hits the target at a remarkable number of levels. The clarity of its reference points makes it ideal for students new to undergraduate study, while at the same time being the perfect ‘refresher’ book for students about to start on professional courses. More than that, the series is great as a ‘starter pack’ for non-specialist students covering elements of law as part of their wider studies, and invaluable for teaching international students studying the English common law from abroad.”FIONA E.C. KINGLAW LECTURER (for almost 30 years in Universities & Business Schools in the UK and Europe) “What a relief! A book I can understand quickly.. I’ll be using these this year”SECOND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE "an excellent starting point for any enthusiastic reviser. The books are concise and get right down to the nitty-gritty of each topic." Lex Magazine Table of ContentsNullity. Divorce. Ancillary Relief. Family Homes and Domestic Violence. Children I. Children II. Putting it into Practice

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