The Cambridge companion to comparative family law / edited by Shazia Choudhry, Jonathan Herring.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Choudhry, Shazia, editor.

Herring, Jonathan, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domestic relations.

Domestic relations (Islamic law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 294 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Families and family law have encountered significant challenges in the face of rapid changes in social norms, demographics and political expectations. The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law highlights the key questions and themes that have faced family lawyers across the world. Each chapter is written by internationally renowned academic experts and focuses on which of these themes are most significant to their jurisdictions. In taking this jurisdictional approach, the collection will explore how different countries have tackled these issues. As a result, the collection is aimed at students, practitioners and academics across a variety of disciplines interested in the key issues faced by family law around the world and how they have been addressed.

Contents:

Contemporary issues in family law in England and Wales / Rosemary Hunter, Queen Mary, London

Family law in the United States / Theresa Glennon, Temple Law School, USA

Human rights in the family law context / Bettina Heiderhoff, University of Munster

Australian family property law : 'just and equitable' outcomes? / Belinda Fehlberg and Lisa Sarmas, University of Melbourne

Towards the constitutionalization of family law in Latin America / Nicolas Espejo and Fabiola Lathrop, Universidad de Centrale, Santiago

The nuclear norm and the free-form family irreconcilable paths in Swedish family law? / Pernilla Leviner, Stockholm University

South African family law and the chimera of diversity / Anne Louw, University of Pretora

The post-divorce child support system in China : past, present, and future / Lei Shi, Southwest University of Political Science and Law

The problem with personal law / Dr Farrah Ahmed, University of Melbourne

The post-colonial fallacy of 'Islamic' family law / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Emory University, USA.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jan 2019).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781316711750

Access Restriction:

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