Introduction

John Dewar

Stephen Parker

Part I: Processes

Children's Participation in the Family Justice System: Translating Principles into Practice

Nigel Lowe

Mervyn Murch

Children's Participation in Family Court Litigation

Richard Chisholm

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

Andrea C Jacobsen

Paternalism, Participation and Placation: Young People's Experiences of Representation in Child Protection Proceedings in England and Wales

Judith Masson

Issues in the Making of Ouster Orders under the Domestic Violence (Family Protection) Act 1989 (Qld)

Rachael Field

Belinda Carpenter

Susan Currie

The South African Family Court: A First World Ideal in a Second World Country

Sandra Burman

Emma Dingle

Nichola Glasser

Establishing Paternity in Judicial Proceedings in Spain: What Protection for Human Rights?

Encarna Roca

Isabel Miralles

Suing Child Welfare Agencies: A Comparative View from New Zealand

Bill Atkin

Geoff McLay

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

Children and the Transformation of Family Law

Carol Smart

In Search of the `Good Father': Law, Family Practices and the Normative Reconstruction of Parenthood

Richard Collier

Different Approaches to Post-Divorce Family Relationships: The Example of Contact Centres in France

Benoit Bastard

Legal and Educational Interventions for Families in Residence and Contact Disputes

Joan B Kelly

Agents or Dependants: Children and the Family Law System

Pauline Tapp

Nicola Taylor

Mark Henaghan

The Reconstituted Family in Italian Law and Society

Valeria Mazzotta

Child-Centred, Vertically Structured and Interdisciplinary: An Integrative Approach to Children's Policy, Practice and Research

Annie G Steinberg

Barbara Bennett Woodhouse

Alyssa Burrell Cowan

Children's Rights and the Use of Force `in Their Own Best Interests'

Jane Fortin

The Lawyer--Client Relationship in Family Law: Does Client Funding Status Make a Difference?

Rosemary Hunter

The Distribution of Stock Options on Divorce and Proposed Changes in American Divorce Law

David S. Rosettenstein

Registered Partnership in The Netherlands

Gregor Van Der Burght

A Comparative Study of the Transfer of Family Wealth: From Privilege to Equality

Maria Donata Panforti

The Constitutional Dimension of Customary Family Law in Papua New Guinea

Owen Jessep

Part III: Pressures

Law Reform by Frozen Chook: Family Law Reform for the New Millennium?

Reg Graycar

Can International Conventions Drive Domestic Law Reform? The Case of Physical Punishment of Children

Elaine E Sutherland

Emancipation of the African Woman: Fact or Fallacy?

Elmarie Knoetze

The State, Race, Religion and the Family in England Today

Michael Freeman

Men and Women Behaving Badly: Is Fault Dead in English Family Law?

Andrew Bainham

Macro Social and Economic Factors in Society which Influence the Success of Financial Rearrangements on Divorce

Alastair Bissett-Johnson

De Facto Property Developments in New Zealand: Pressures Impeded Progress

Bill Atkin

Wendy Parker

Politics, Processes and Pressures of Legislating for Children in South Africa

Julia Sloth-Nielsen

Belinda Van Heerden

The Introduction and Impact of Joint Custody in Portugal

Maria Clara Sottomayor