The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law

ISBN-13: 9781107167537 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 302 str.

Shazia Choudhry; Jonathan Herring

Opis

Offers a comprehensive overview of the key issues facing family law globally, and explores how different countries have tackled them.

Recenzje

'A fascinating and wide-ranging tour of current developments, debates, and dilemmas in family law around the globe. What an intriguing premise: Ask leading scholars in select jurisdictions to identify the crucial issues and recurrent themes in family law in their respective countries today. The sum is even greater than the parts, as the comparative dimension elevates this volume above more insular examinations of contemporary family law in just one country. Anyone who wants a broad and well-informed understanding of family law in the modern world, including how it operates in practice as well as how it is evolving on the books, should read this volume cover to cover.' James G. Dwyer, College of William and Mary, Virginia

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Contemporary issues in family law in England and Wales Rosemary Hunter; 2. Family law in the United States Theresa Glennon; 3. Human rights in the family law context Bettina Heiderhoff; 4. Australian family property law: just and equitable' outcomes? Belinda Fehlberg and Lisa Sarmas; 5. Towards the constitutionalization of family law in Latin America Nicolás Espejo and Fabiola Lathrop; 6. The nuclear norm and the free-form family – irreconcilable paths in Swedish family law? Pernilla Leviner; 7. South African family law and the chimera of diversity Anne Louw; 8. The post-divorce child support system in China: past, present and future Lei Shi; 9. The problem with personal law Farrah Ahmed; 10. The post-colonial fallacy of 'Islamic' family law Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im.