The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law
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Cambridge Companions to Law;
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 31 January 2019
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Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781107167537 |
| ISBN10: | 1107167531 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 302 pages |
| Size: | 235x157x17 mm |
| Weight: | 600 g |
| Language: | English |
| 84 |
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Short description:
Offers a comprehensive overview of the key issues facing family law globally, and explores how different countries have tackled them.
Long description:
Families and family law have encountered significant challenges in the face of rapid changes in social norms, demographics and political expectations. The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law highlights the key questions and themes that have faced family lawyers across the world. Each chapter is written by internationally renowned academic experts and focuses on which of these themes are most significant to their jurisdictions. In taking this jurisdictional approach, the collection will explore how different countries have tackled these issues. As a result, the collection is aimed at students, practitioners and academics across a variety of disciplines interested in the key issues faced by family law around the world and how they have been addressed.
'A stimulating collection of scholarly essays, exploring the key current family law issues in a range of jurisdictions and highlighting a variety of common underlying themes influencing contemporary family law systems. An excellent source for comparative thought about family law.' Stephen Gilmore, King's College London
'A stimulating collection of scholarly essays, exploring the key current family law issues in a range of jurisdictions and highlighting a variety of common underlying themes influencing contemporary family law systems. An excellent source for comparative thought about family law.' Stephen Gilmore, King's College London
Table of Contents:
Introduction; 1. Contemporary issues in family law in England and Wales Rosemary Hunter; 2. Family law in the United States Theresa Glennon; 3. Human rights in the family law context Bettina Heiderhoff; 4. Australian family property law: just and equitable' outcomes? Belinda Fehlberg and Lisa Sarmas; 5. Towards the constitutionalization of family law in Latin America Nicol&&&225;s Espejo and Fabiola Lathrop; 6. The nuclear norm and the free-form family - irreconcilable paths in Swedish family law? Pernilla Leviner; 7. South African family law and the chimera of diversity Anne Louw; 8. The post-divorce child support system in China: past, present and future Lei Shi; 9. The problem with personal law Farrah Ahmed; 10. The post-colonial fallacy of 'Islamic' family law Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im.
