Introduction
John Dewar and Stephen Parker
Part I: Processes
1 Children's Participation in the Family Justice System: Translating Principles into Practice
Nigel Lowe and Mervyn Murch
2 Children's Participation in Family Court Litigation
Richard Chisholm
3 Delivery Systems for Protective Services and Related Legal Services for Victims of Domestic Violence within a Major American State
Jane Muller-Peterson,Robert E Rains and Andrea C Jacobsen
4 Paternalism, Participation and Placation: Young People's Experiences of Representation in Child Protection Proceedings in England and Wales
Judith Masson
5 Issues in the Making of Ouster Orders under the Domestic Violence (Family Protection) Act 1989 (Qld)
Rachael Field, Belinda Carpenter and Susan Currie
6 The South African Family Court: A First World Ideal in a Second World Country
Sandra Burman, Emma Dingle and Nichola Glasser
7 Establishing Paternity in Judicial Proceedings in Spain: What Protection for Human Rights?
Encarna Roca and Isabel Miralles
8 Suing Child Welfare Agencies: A Comparative View from New Zealand
Bill Atkin and Geoff McLay
9 Adoption-a Public or Private Legal Process? The Changing Social Functions of Adoption in Ireland and the Wider
Implications for Coherence in Family Law
Kerry O'Halloran
Part II: Practices
10 Children and the Transformation of Family Law
Carol Smart
11 In Search of the 'Good Father': Law, Family Practices and the Normative Reconstruction of Parenthood
Richard Collier
12 Different Approaches to Post-Divorce Family Relationships: The Example of Contact Centres in France
Benoit Bastard
13 Legal and Educational Interventions for Families in
Residence and Contact Disputes
Joan B Kelly
14 Agents or Dependants: Children and the Family Law System
Pauline Tapp, Nicola Taylor and Mark Henaghan
15 The Reconstituted Family in Italian Law and Society
Valeria Mazzotta
16 Child-Centred, Vertically Structured and Interdisciplinary: An Integrative Approach to Children's Policy, Practice and Research
Annie G Steinberg, Barbara Bennett Woodhouse and Alyssa Burrell Cowan
17 Children's Rights and the Use of Force 'in Their Own Best Interests'
Jane Fortin
18 The Lawyer-Client Relationship in Family Law: Does Client Funding Status Make a Difference?
Rosemary Hunter
19 The Distribution of Stock Options on Divorce and Proposed Changes in American Divorce Law
David S Rosettenstein
20 Registered Partnership in The Netherlands
Gregor Van Der Burght
21 A Comparative Study of the Transfer of Family Wealth: From Privilege to Equality
Maria Donata Panforti
22 The Constitutional Dimension of Customary Family Law in Papua New Guinea
Owen Jessep
Part III: Pressures
23 Law Reform by Frozen Chook: Family Law Reform for the New Millennium?
Reg Graycar
24 Can International Conventions Drive Domestic Law Reform? The Case of Physical Punishment of Children
Elaine E Sutherland
25 Emancipation of the African Woman: Fact or Fallacy?
Elmarie Knoetze
26 The State, Race, Religion and the Family in England Today
Michael Freeman
27 Men and Women Behaving Badly: Is Fault Dead in English Family Law?
Andrew Bainham
28 Macro Social and Economic Factors in Society which Influence the Success of Financial Rearrangements on Divorce
Alastair Bissett-Johnson
29 De Facto Property Developments in New Zealand:
Pressures Impeded Progress
Bill Atkin and Wendy Parker
30 Politics, Processes and Pressures of Legislating for Children in South Africa
Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Belinda Van Heerden
31 The Introduction and Impact of Joint Custody in Portugal
Maria Clara Sottomayor
