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International Journal of Law Policy and the Family Volume 13 Issue 2

Subject Areas: Law;
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Oxford University Press
ISSN: 1360-9939
SJR: 24

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From utility to rights? The presumption of contact in practice

Bailey-Harris, R; Barron, J; Pearce, J

1999 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

doi:10.1093/lawfam/13.2.111

Abstract This article examines the strong presumption in favour of contact between the child and the non-resident parent which courts in England have developed, notwithstanding the absence of such a presumption on the face of the Children Act 1989. Our material is based on an analysis of recent...
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Constitutional values and social change - the case of German marital and family law

Stintzing, H

1999 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

doi:10.1093/lawfam/13.2.132

Abstract The correlation between a Constitution's basic rights and the values of the society it is intended to regulate is vital to the Constitutions's legitimacy. This requires that the Constitution is able to adapt to social change. How can a written Constitution - and basic rights in...
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Litigating the right to culture: family law in the new South Africa

Fishbayn, L

1999 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

doi:10.1093/lawfam/13.2.147

Abstract South Africa enacted a new Constitution in 1996. It purports to guarantee the rights to gender equality and to participation in the cultural life of one's choosing. The nature of the relationship between these potentially conflicting rights has been left to be worked out through...
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The marginalization of domestic violence in divorce mediation

Greatbatch, D; Dingwall, R

1999 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

doi:10.1093/lawfam/13.2.174

Abstract This article examines how allegations of domestic violence are managed in family mediation sessions. Although domestic violence is sometimes mentioned by the disputants the mediators treat it as a side issue. However, the marginalization of violence does not begin with the mediators'...
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The Hague convention and the flight from domestic violence: how women and children are being returned by coach and four

Kaye, M

1999 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

doi:10.1093/lawfam/13.2.191

Abstract This paper considers how violence against women and children influences and impacts upon child removals. The article then looks at how courts have interpreted the Hague Convention on Child Abduction in circumstances where there has been such violence. It is suggested that an overriding...
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Divorce law reform and public opinion in Poland: the case of legal separation

Kwak, A

1999 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

doi:10.1093/lawfam/13.2.213

Abstract For several years the Polish parliament has been trying to introduce legal separation as an alternative to divorce but is unable to reach an agreement between the religious and the secular parties. Parliamentary debate and research findings are presented. The main proponent of the...
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Book reviews

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1999 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

doi:10.1093/lawfam/13.2.225

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