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International Journal of Law Policy and the Family Volume 20 Issue 1

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

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Seeking Sperm: Accounts of Lesbian Couples’ Reproductive Decision-Making and Understandings of the Needs of the Child

Almack, Kathryn

2006 "International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family"

doi:10.1093/lawfam/ebi030

Same-sex couples and their children have been the subject of significant international attention over recent years, including debates about planned parenthood in the context of same-sex relationships (Donovan, 2000; Dempsey, 2004; Luttichau, 2004; Vonk, 2004; Ryan-Flood, 2005). Drawing on a...
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The Best Interests of Children in the South African Constitution

Bonthuys, Elsje

2006 "International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family"

doi:10.1093/lawfam/ebi022

The welfare principle in cases involving children has been incorporated in the Bill of Rights of the 1996 South African Constitution, while also remaining a principle of common law. This article investigates the effects of including the best interests principle in the Constitution. It examines,...
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Family Law and Social Law: Reciprocal Dependency in a Comparative Perspective

Ryrstedt, Eva

2006 "International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family"

doi:10.1093/lawfam/ebi031

This article examines aspects of the relationship between social law and family law in Sweden, Norway and Great Britain. It considers how family law provisions can affect the distribution of public financial support, and also the way systems of public financial support can affect families.
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Through the Eyes of a Father: How PRWORA Affects Non-Resident Fathers and Their Children

Miller, Monica K.

2006 "International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family"

doi:10.1093/lawfam/ebi032

Under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), new laws have been enacted that focus on reducing single-parent families’ reliance on state assistance by collecting child support from non-custodial parents (typically fathers). These laws pressure fathers to pay...
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Similarities and Differences in the Experiences of Non-Resident Mothers and Non-Resident Fathers

Kielty, S.

2006 "International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family"

doi:10.1093/lawfam/ebi033

This article reviews the available literature to give an overview of what is currently known about the situations and experiences of mothers who become the non-resident parent post-separation/divorce. Comparisons are made with non-resident father literature where possible in order to explore the...
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Righting Domestic Violence

Choudhry, Shazia; Herring, Jonathan

2006 "International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family"

doi:10.1093/lawfam/ebi034

For too long human rights have been used to support a legal approach to domestic violence which is non-interventionist. This article discusses the ways in which human rights can be used to compel an approach to cases of domestic violence which requires state action to protect those harmed by...
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Sexuality Repositioned: Diversity and the Law, Belinda Brooks-Gordon, Loraine Gelsthorpe, Andrew Bainham and Martin Johnson (ed), Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2004; £30.00; 438 + xiii pp

Bamforth, Nicholas

2006 "International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family"

doi:10.1093/lawfam/ebi035
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Reading History Sideways: The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life, Arland Thornton, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005, pp 312

Probert, Rebecca Jane

2006 "International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family"

doi:10.1093/lawfam/ebi036

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