Delivering Family Justice in the 21st Century

NIPPOD
ISBN: 978-1-5099-1775-4
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Paperback, Gewicht: 535 g

Family justice requires not only a legal framework within which personal obligations are regulated over the life course, but also a justice system which can deliver legal information, advice and support at times of change of status or family stress, together with mechanisms for negotiation, dispute management and resolution, with adjudication as the last resort.

The past few years have seen unparalleled turbulence in the way family justice systems function. These changes are associated with economic constraints in many countries, including England and Wales, where legal aid for private family matters has largely disappeared. But there is also a change in ideology in a number of jurisdictions, including Canada, towards what is sometimes called neo-liberalism, whereby the state seeks to reduce its area of activity while at the same time maintaining strong views on family values. Legal services may become fragmented and marketised, and the role of law and lawyers reduced, while self-help web based services expand.

The contributors to this volume share their anxieties about the impact on the ability of individuals to achieve fair and informed resolution in family matters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maclean, Mavis

Eekelaar, John

Bastard, Benoit

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Law and Delivering Family Justice
1. The Neoliberal Context of Family Law Reform in British Columbia, Canada: Implications for Access to (Family) Justice

Rachel Treloar
2. The Revised Family Court System in New Zealand: Secret Justice and Privatisation

Bill Atkin
3. Shaping Substantive Law to Promote Access to Justice: Canada's Use of Child and Spousal Support Guidelines

Carol Rogerson
4. Performing the Marriage Act Straight: The Legal Regulation of Marriage in the Australian Civil Wedding Ceremony

Becky Batagol
Part II: Judges and Courts Delivering Family Justice
5. National Paths Towards Private Ordering: Professionals 'Jurisdictions and Separating Couples' Privacy in the French and Canadian Family Justice Systems

Emilie Biland, Muriel Mille and Hélène Steinmetz
6. Family Justice in Bulgaria: The Old System and New Demands
Velina Todorova
7. Family Courts and Family Cases in Poland and other Post-Communist Countries

Malgorzata Fuszara and Jacek Kurczewski
Part III: Current Context of Practice and Policy
I: Bypassing Courts
8. Paths to Justice in Divorce Cases in England and Wales

Rosemary Hunter, Anne Barlow, Janet Smithson and Jan Ewing
9. Family Lawyers and Multi-agency Approaches: Why Don't Lawyers Work with Other Service Providers?

Angela Melville, Karen Laing and Frank Stephen
10. Family Justice Without Courts: Property Settlement on Separation Using Contracts in Scotland

Jane Mair, Fran Wasoff and Kirsteen Mackay
II: Reducing Public Funding
11. Access to Justice in Spain in Times of Austerity, with Special Reference to Family Justice

Teresa Picontó -Novales
12. Legal Aid, Fundamental Rights and Family Issues

Encarna Roca Trías
13. Taking Responsibility? Legal Aid Reform and Litigants in Person in England

Liz Trinder
14. Access to Justice in Hard Times and the Deconstruction of Democratic Citizenship

Hilary Sommerlad
15. Casualties of Friendly Fire: Counter Productive Campaigning on Public Funded Legal Services

Peter G Harris
Part IV: Innovation in Delivering Family Justice
16. Controlling Time ? Speeding Up Divorce Proceedings in France and Belgium

Benoit Bastard, David Delvaux, Christian Mouhanna
and Frédéric Schoenaers
17. When is a Family Lawyer a Lawyer ?

Lisa Webley
18. New Ways to Seek Legal Information and Advice on Family Matters in England and Wales: From Professional Legal Services to Google and Private Ordering

Mavis Maclean
19. Can there be Family Justice Without Law ?

John Eekelaar

Über Autor(innen)

Bastard, Benoit
Benoit Bastard is Director of Research at CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay.

Eekelaar, John
John Eekelaar is Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

Photo courtesy of Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.

Maclean, Mavis
Mavis Maclean is Co-Founder of the Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University and Senior Research Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, UK.

Photo courtesy of the University of Oxford: https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/people/profile/maclean/index.html

Mavis Maclean is a Senior Research Fellow at St Hilda's College, and the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford.
John Eekelaar is Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College Oxford.
Benoit Bastard is Director of Research at CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay.