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  • Family Rights and Religion

    by John Eekelaar ...
    The interaction between individual rights, which are often seen in secular terms, and religion is becoming an important and complex topic not only for academic study but for practical policy. This volume collects a range of writings from journals, edited collections and individual books which deal with different aspects of the interaction within the context of family life, and which appear with ... Read more

    $450.00 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Family Law and Policy

    Edited by John Eekelaar, Rob George ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Law
    Changes in family structures, demographics, social attitudes and economic policies over the last 60 years have had a large impact on family lives and correspondingly on family law.The Second Edition of this Handbook draws upon recent developments to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date global perspective on the policy challenges facing family law and policy round the world. The chapters apply ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Family Justice

    The Work of Family Judges in Uncertain Times

    by Mavis Maclean, Professor John Eekelaar ...
    This book is about the delivery of family justice in England and Wales, focusing on the work of the family judiciary in the lower courts. The policy context is moving so rapidly that the authors have gone beyond presenting their empirical findings to offer a broader consideration of the nature and role of the family justice system, as these are in danger of being lost amid present reform proposals ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • The Reform of Child Care Law

    A Practical Guide to the Children Act 1989

    by John Eekelaar ...
    Children Act 1989 introduced the most radical changes to child care law for a generation. Eekelaar and Dingwall provide a concise, practical guide to the legislation for all professionals practising in this area. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • After the Act

    Access to Family Justice after LASPO

    by Mavis Maclean, Professor John Eekelaar ...
    After the Act describes the aftermath of the recent removal under LASPO of public funding from legal services in family matters other than in defined cases such as child protection and domestic abuse. Through analysis of the policy context, interviews with key players, observation of services provided by lawyers, students, lay support workers and the advice sector, the authors outline the work ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Family Law and Personal Life

    by John Eekelaar ...
    Developments in the law, scholarship, and research since 2006 form a substantial part of the second edition of this book which sets the governance of personal relationships in the context of the exercise of social and personal power. Its central argument is that this power is counterbalanced by the presence of individual rights. This entails an analysis of the nature and deployment of rights, ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • Lawyers and Mediators

    The Brave New World of Services for Separating Families

    by Mavis Maclean, Professor John Eekelaar ...
    Do lawyers make matters worse, or do they provide information, advice and support which can help to prevent disputes arising or manage them when they do? Do mediators enable parties to communicate and reach agreements tailor-made to their needs? Or working outside the legal framework, do they find it difficult to protect weaker parties and access expert advice? What happens when lawyers become ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Managing Family Justice in Diverse Societies

    Edited by Mavis Maclean, Professor John Eekelaar ...
    Series series Oñati International Series in Law and Society
    The aim of this book is to explore what response the law has or should have to different family practices arising from cultural and religious beliefs. The issue has become increasingly debated as western countries have become more culturally diverse. Although discussion has frequently focused on the role Islamic family law should have in these countries, this book seeks to set that discussion ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Delivering Family Justice in the 21st Century

    Edited by Mavis Maclean, Professor John Eekelaar, Professor Benoit Bastard ...
    Series series Oñati International Series in Law and Society
    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 ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

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    A Sociological Introduction

    by Alan Aldridge ...
    In the new edition of this widely praised text, Alan Aldridge examines the complex realities of religious belief, practice and institutions. Religion is a powerful and controversial force in the contemporary world, even in supposedly secular societies. Almost all societies seek to cultivate religions and faith communities as sources of social stability and engines of social progress. They also try ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?

    by Susan Moller Okin ...
    Polygamy, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, punishing women for being raped, differential access for men and women to health care and education, unequal rights of ownership, assembly, and political participation, unequal vulnerability to violence. These practices and conditions are standard in some parts of the world. Do demands for multiculturalism--and certain minority group rights in ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Liberty in the Age of Terror

    A Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Values

    by Professor A. C. Grayling ...
    An impassioned defence of the civil liberties and the rule of law in the face of increasing pressure for ever greater 'security''A rollicking defence of Freedom and Enlightenment in the style of Tom Paine or William Godwin' Spectator'The even-handed tone of philosophy professor AC Grayling's latest book does not lessen the intensity of its polemical content ... Grayling underlines the seriousness ... Read more

    $9.69 USD