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Research handbook on family justice systems, edited by Mavis Maclean and Rachel Treloar

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Research handbook on family justice systems

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edited by Mavis Maclean and Rachel Treloar

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"Bringing 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 Research Handbook is concerned with the rules referred to as 'family law', but also with the institutions comprising the operating system. This Research 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"--, Provided by publisher

Contents: Introduction to the research handbook on family justice systems / Mavis Maclean and Rachel Treloar -- Part I. Family courts: Roles and boundaries -- 1. Australia's family law system: A user-centred perspective / Rae Kaspiew -- 2. Access to the danish family justice system viewed from a user perspective / 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? / Hannah Thackeray and Julie Macfarlane -- 4. Family law, family courts and public opinion in Poland / Magorzata Fuszara and Jacek Kurczewski -- 5. International child abduction / 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 / Benoit Bastard -- 7. The inclusion of mediation in the family justice system of argentina: An empirical study of law, courts and actors / Julieta Marotta -- 8. Achieving compliance with post-divorce parenting contact arrangements in the Netherlands: Problems and potential solutions / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Ayesha Scott -- 13. Parental webs: Multiple and disaggregated family forms in Israel / 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' / Verda Irtis -- 15. Paths to (in)justice? The interplay between shariah tribunals and public policy / Federica Sona -- 16. Are women in polygamous customary marriages entitled to constitutional protection in the southern African development community? / 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 / Moeata Keil and Vivienne Elizabeth -- 18. The family investigation system: A legislative exploration and practical questions / Lei Shi, Di Yuan and Yun Zhang -- Part V. Issues emerging -- 19. Federalism, terminology, geography and systematic failure: The australian family justice 'system' / Richard Ingleby and Belinda Fehlberg -- 20. The move to private ordering in divorce, gender and the role of family lawyers in Switzerland / Michelle Cottier, Eric D Widmer, Ga?elle Aeby and Bindu Sahdeva -- 21. American family courts and the triple system of family law adjudication / June Carbone -- 22. Changing regulatory frameworks: Piercing anonymity and early access to gamete donors / Rosanna Hertz -- Part VI. Progress? -- 23. Amicable solutions as the norm in German family court proceedings after separation and divorce / 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 / Oliver Gilman -- 25. What are family courts for? Lessons from a pandemic / Rob George -- Index