| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 667 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
A. Background to the Twentieth Century -- 1. How to Give the Present a Past: Family Law in the United States: 1950-2000 / Michael Grossberg -- 2. Changing Family Patterns in England and wales Over the Past Fifty Years / Colin Gibson -- 3. Century of the American Family / Donna Duane Morrison -- 4. Family Policy in the Post-War Period / Jane Lewis -- 5. The Evolution of Family Policy in the United States after the Second World War / Barry L. Friedman and Martin Rein -- 6. English Family Law Since The Second World War / John Dewar -- B. Establishing the Family -- 7. The Shadowlands: The Regulation of Human Reproduction in the United States / George J. Annas -- 8. The Legal Regulation of Infertility Treatment in Britain / Ruth Deech -- 9. Parenthood in the United States / Ruth-Arlene W. Howe -- 10. Marriage, Cohabitation, and Parenthood: From Contract to Status? / Gillian Douglas -- 11. Marriage: An Institution in Transition and Redefinition / Walter J. Wadlington, Jr. -- 12. The Constitutionalization of American Family Law: The Case of the Right to Marry / Jerome A. Barron -- 13. Dual Systems of Adoption in the United States / Sanford N. Katz -- 14. English Adoption Law: Past, Present, and Future / Nigel Lowe -- C. Regulating and Reorganizing the Family -- 15. Divorce in the United States / Ira Mark Ellman -- 16. Divorce in England 1950-2000: A Moral Tale / Carol Smart -- 17. The Finacial Incidents of family Dissolution / Grace Ganz Blumberg -- 18. Post-Divorce Financial Obligations / John Eekelaar -- 19. The Status of Children: A Story of Emerging Rights / Barbara Bennett -- 20. Disputing Children / Michael Freeman -- 21. The Law and Violence Against Women in the Family at Century's End: The American Experience / Elizabeth Schneider -- 22. Violence Against Women in the family / Rebecca Dobash and Russell Dobash -- D. The Family and Governmental Agencies -- 23. A Forum for Every Fuss: The Growth of Court Services and ADR Treatments for Family Law Cases in the United States / Jessica Pearson -- 24. Access to Justice for Families in Post-War Britain / Mavis Maclean -- 25. Child Wefare Policy and Practice in the United States from 1950 to 2000 / Martin Guggenheim -- 26. From Curtis to Waterhouse: State Care and Child Protection in the UK 1945-2000 / Judith Masson -- 27. The Hague Children's Conventions: The Internationalization of Child Law / Linda Silberman -- E. Epilogues -- 28. Individual Rights and Family Relationships / Sanford N. Katz -- 29. The End of an Era? / John Eekelaar |
| Summary |
This contribution to comparative family law brings together essays on a range of issues in family law as it applies in the United States and England. The authors consider how both countries stand at the beginning of the 21st century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Domestic relations -- United States
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Family policy -- United States
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Domestic relations -- Great Britain
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Family policy -- Great Britain
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Domestic relations
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Family policy
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Great Britain
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Katz, Sanford N., 1933-
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Eekelaar, John
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Maclean, Mavis
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| LC no. |
00046504 |
| ISBN |
9780191683442 |
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0191683442 |
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0198268203 |
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9780198268208 |
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