Patrick Parkinson

Family Law and the Indissolubility of Parenthood (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

There are few areas of public policy in the Western world where there is as much turbulence as in family law. Often the disputes are seen in terms of an endless war between the genders. Reviewing developments over the last 30 years in North America, Europe and Australasia, Patrick Parkinson argues that, rather than just being about gender, the conflicts in family law derive from the breakdown of the model on which divorce reform was predicated in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Experience has shown that although marriage may be freely dissoluble, parenthood is not. Dealing with the most difficult issues in family law, this book charts a path for law reform that recognizes that the family endures despite the separation of parents, while allowing room for people to make a fresh start and prioritizing the safety of all concerned when making decisions about parenting after separation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139063012
• Artikelnr.: 52848578

Autorenporträt

Patrick Parkinson is a Professor of Law at the University of Sydney and an internationally renowned expert on family law. He has played a major role in shaping family law in Australia. His proposal for the establishment of a national network of family relationship centers, made to the prime minister in 2004, became the centerpiece of the Australian government's family law reforms. He was also instrumental in reforming the child support system and has had extensive involvement in law reform issues concerning child protection. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to law, legal education, policy reform, and the community. Parkinson has published widely on family law and child protection, as well as other areas of law. His most recent books include Tradition and Change in Australian Law, 4th edition (2010) and Australian Family Law in Context, 4th edition (2009), among many others.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Family Law and the Meaning of Divorce: 1. Family law and the issue of gender conflict
2. The divorce revolution and the process of allocation
Part II. Parenthood in the Enduring Family: 3. Redefining parenthood after separation
4. Reasons for the demise of sole custody
5. Shared parenting: the new frontier
Part III. Parents Forever? Issues about Post-Separation Parenting: 6. Violence, abuse and post-separation parenting
7. Relocation
Part IV. The Family Law System and the Indissolubility of Parenthood: 8. Dispute resolution for the enduring family
9. Adjudication for the enduring family
Part V. Financial Transfers in the Enduring Family: 10. Child support and the obligations of parenthood
11. Spousal support and the feminization of poverty
Part VI. The Future of Family Law: 12. Between two conflicting views of divorce.