Family law and family values. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mavis Maclean.
• Other Names: Maclean, Mavis; Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law.
• Contents: Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Framing Family Law; 1. Personal Obligations; INTRODUCTION; NEGOTIATION AND BEYOND; THE ROLE OF THE LAW; A FURTHER INVESTIGATION; A TAXONOMY OF TYPES OF REASONS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 2. Basic Values and Family Law in Recent Judgments of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; RECENT JUDGMENTS BY THE BUNDESVERFASSUNGSGERICHT (FCC); CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 3. Family Values, Friendship Values: Opposition or Continuity? NEW TECHNOLOGIESCHANGING WAYS; THE DIMINISHING VALUE OF THE GENETIC LINK; LINGERING QUESTIONS, LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES; REFERENCES; 6. Can Co-Parenting be Enforced? Family Law Reform and Family Life in France; CO-PARENTING: ONE VIEW OF THE FAMILY AND A DOGMA; WHAT ARE PARENTAL VALUES IN PRACTICE?; CONCLUSION; 7. Supporting Conflicted Post-Divorce Parenting; THE IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN; PROGRAMMES AND INTERVENTIONS INTENDED TO SUPPORT POST-DIVORCE PARENTING; CONCLUSION; 8. Litigation in the Shadow of Mediation: Supporting Children in Sweden; INTRODUCTION. GENERAL AIM OF SWEDISH FAMILY POLICYMAINTENANCE OF CHILDREN: THE LAW; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION: LITIGATION IN THE SHADOW OF MEDIATION; REFERENCES; 9. Changing Commitments: A Study of Close Kin after Divorce in England; INTRODUCTION; THEORISING KINSHIP AND RELATEDNESS; KINSHIP AND DIVORCE; THE STUDY; PICTURING POST-DIVORCE FAMILIES; SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS; COMMITMENTS AND CHANGING FAMILIES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Part III: Regulating New Forms of Relationships Between Adults; 10. Targeting the Exclusionary Impact of Family Law; INTRODUCTION. RE-CASTING THE FRAMEWORK THROUGH A RIGHTS-BASED DIALOGUEVIEWING THE RIGHTS OF SAME-SEX COUPLES THROUGH THE LENS OF SUBSTANTIVE EQUALITY; THE LEGALISATION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; HOW PROGRESSIVE IS THE 'RELATIONAL EQUALITY' AGENDA?; THE SEQUENTIAL NATURE OF REFORM; CONCLUSION; 11. Registered Partnerships for Same-Sex Couples in Switzerland: Constructing a New Model of Family Relationships; INTRODUCTION; DEVELOPMENTS LEADING TO REGISTERED PARTNERSHIPS; THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT LAW:NOT MARRIAGE BUT CLOSE TO IT; THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONSULTATION PROCEDURE AND THEIR POLITICAL WEIGHT.
• Publisher Details: Oxford Portland, Or : Hart Pub
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 342 pages)
• Subjects: 346.01/5; Domestic relations; Famille -- Droit; LAW -- Family Law -- General; Domestic relations; Familierecht; Familierelaties; Europa (geografie); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847312129; 1847312128
• Related ISBNs: 1841135488; 184113547X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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