Family Law And Public Policy

Author : Laura M. Walker
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
ISBN 13 : 145485197X
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Law and Public Policy written by Laura M. Walker and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family law and public policy reflect our society’s evolving social commitments and ethical norms and behaviors, making it a key area of study in the fields of sociology, psychology, gender studies, criminology, mediation, social work, and many others. Family Law and Public Policy combines pertinent, concise, up-to-date information on family law as it forms and is informed by public policy on such central issues as the care, protection, and social and economic support of children; the nature, formation, and dissolution of marriage and other adult relationships; and surrogacy and adoption. Using three formats—succinct explanations; engaging, relevant readings from articles, statutes, and case law; and provocative questions prompting students to more deeply examine, understand, and critique the topics—Family Law and Public Policy covers all traditional and developing areas of family law and includes background and pointers on affecting, creating, and writing policy.

Author : John Eekelaar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000096505
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Family Law and Policy written by John Eekelaar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-26 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 legal, sociological, demographic and social work research to explore the most significant issues that have been commanding the attention of family law policymakers in recent years. Featuring contributions from renowned global experts, the book draws on multiple jurisdictions and offers comparative analysis across a range of countries. The book addresses a range of issues, including the role of the state in supporting families and protecting the vulnerable, children’s rights and parental authority, sexual orientation, same-sex unions and gender in family law, and the status of marriage and other forms of adult relationships. It also focuses on divorce and separation and their consequences, the relationship between civil law and the law of minority groups, refugees and migrants and the movement of family members between jurisdictions along with assisted conception, surrogacy and adoption. This advanced-level reference work will be essential reading for students, researchers and scholars of family law and social policy as well as policymakers in the field.

Author : Meyer, Olaf
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789902665
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Policy and Private International Law written by Meyer, Olaf and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The public policy exception in private international law is designed to provide a national backstop in the application of foreign laws. This book provides detailed and practical comparative coverage of the use of public policy in the context of private international law across a number of important jurisdictions spanning three continents.

Author : Karen Bogenschneider
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135659982
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Policy Matters written by Karen Bogenschneider and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-01-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on hundreds of studies in the last 20 years, the new edition of Family Policy Matters brings a fresh perspective to family policy, underscoring why it is needed, and outlining how policymaking should be approached. Author Karen Bogenschneider proposes a theoretical framework for conceptualizing policy issues in a way that holds the potential for overcoming controversy and identifying common ground. This new edition includes updates on the most current research, including: *new issues that have changed the political landscape for families (e.g. strengthening marriage initiative, same-sex marriage); *an updated section on state statutes or Governor's orders that require family impact analysis; *a new chapter on the history of family policy in this century; *a new appendix on how to conduct a family impact analysis; and *two new case studies on writing family policy newsletters for state policymakers and teaching family impact analysis to the general public. *Instructor's Manual with sample syllabi for both undergraduate and graduate courses, suggested readings, assignments, and class activities, discussion questions, daily lesson plans, instructor insights, special presentations to enrich one's class, and PowerPoint slides. The targeted audience includes researchers interested in seeing their research and ideas acted upon in the policy world; family professionals who work to connect research and policymaking; and instructors interested in making family policy come alive for undergraduate and graduate students. This book is an ideal textbook for family policy courses.

Author : Lynne L. Dallas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law and Public Policy written by Lynne L. Dallas and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law and Public Policy provides rich course materials that permit students to explore the interrelationships between law and economic/social processes in a variety of contexts. It draws on many economic approaches (not only neoclassical economics) and other social sciences, such as psychology, sociology, anthropology and political science, for the tools of public policy analysis. It offers students an interdisciplinary, values-based approach to public policy that takes into account the power implications and distributional effects of laws and emphasizes attention to historical context, philosophical beliefs, culture, existing institutions, working rules and sources of power. The textbook begins with an introductory chapter on law and socioeconomics, followed by background chapters on legal regulation and cognitive psychology; economic fairness and human well-being; legal compliance and legal socialization; culture, norms and legal regulation; and cooperation, trust and the law. These chapters address such issues as the significance of the rationality assumption to legal regulations, the relevance of customs and conceptions of fairness to legal, political and economic decision making and the relationship of moral orientation to judicial and administrative decisions. The textbook includes chapters on race, gender and other forms of discrimination; the domain of markets, which includes the issues surrounding surrogacy contracts and egg donors; the complex interrelationships between legal regulations and changing norms in the society, workplace and within families; corporate governance issues in the wake of Enron; social responsibility issues confronting domestic and multinational corporations; globalization, including the impact of globalization on U.S. and foreign workers due to trade and capital liberalization; and problems of emerging market economies. Each chapter contains extensive notes that provide information and questions to serve as the basis for vigorous class discussions. This book may be used as a primary textbook for law and public policy courses at law schools, business schools and for public affairs, political science and prelaw programs. It may also be used as a primary textbook for law and economics and law and socioeconomics courses. Individual chapters may enrich courses on subjects such as civil rights, family law, women and the law, international law and corporations.

Author : Irene Diamond
Publisher : New York : Longman
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Families, Politics, and Public Policy written by Irene Diamond and published by New York : Longman. This book was released on 1983 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cynthia Grant Bowman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199707146
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unmarried Couples, Law, and Public Policy written by Cynthia Grant Bowman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Unmarried Couples, Law, and Public Policy, Cynthia Grant Bowman explores legal recognition of opposite-sex cohabiting couples in the United States. Unmarried cohabitation has increased at a phenomenal rate in the U.S. over the last few decades, but the law has not responded to the legal issues raised by this new family form. Although a majority of cohabiting unions dissolve within the first two years, many are longer in term and function like other families; a large number of children also reside in these households. If one partner dies, is injured, or leaves the family, the remaining family members are left in an extremely vulnerable position in almost every state without any type of survivors' benefits, compensation for loss of a wage-earning partner, or remedies similar to those available upon dissolution of a marriage. The author argues that the many benefits attendant upon formal marriage should be extended to cohabitants who have lived together for more than two years or give birth to a child. In order to avoid these consequences, a couple would need to opt out of them by contract. Professor Bowman reaches this conclusion after a thorough review of the history of the legal treatment of cohabitation in the United States, the inadequacy of the legal remedies available to cohabitants in most states, the now-voluminous social science literature about cohabitation, and the experience of six other countries (England, Canada, Australia, France, The Netherlands, and Sweden) that have attempted a variety of legal reforms to address the problems of cohabitants.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309046289
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europe's "Black Death" contributed to the rise of nation states, mercantile economies, and even the Reformation. Will the AIDS epidemic have similar dramatic effects on the social and political landscape of the twenty-first century? This readable volume looks at the impact of AIDS since its emergence and suggests its effects in the next decade, when a million or more Americans will likely die of the disease. The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States addresses some of the most sensitive and controversial issues in the public debate over AIDS. This landmark book explores how AIDS has affected fundamental policies and practices in our major institutions, examining: How America's major religious organizations have dealt with sometimes conflicting values: the imperative of care for the sick versus traditional views of homosexuality and drug use. Hotly debated public health measures, such as HIV antibody testing and screening, tracing of sexual contacts, and quarantine. The potential risk of HIV infection to and from health care workers. How AIDS activists have brought about major change in the way new drugs are brought to the marketplace. The impact of AIDS on community-based organizations, from volunteers caring for individuals to the highly political ACT-UP organization. Coping with HIV infection in prisons. Two case studies shed light on HIV and the family relationship. One reports on some efforts to gain legal recognition for nonmarital relationships, and the other examines foster care programs for newborns with the HIV virus. A case study of New York City details how selected institutions interact to give what may be a picture of AIDS in the future. This clear and comprehensive presentation will be of interest to anyone concerned about AIDS and its impact on the country: health professionals, sociologists, psychologists, advocates for at-risk populations, and interested individuals.

Author : Camille Robcis
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801468396
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of Kinship written by Camille Robcis and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In France as elsewhere in recent years, legislative debates over single-parent households, same-sex unions, new reproductive technologies, transsexuality, and other challenges to long-held assumptions about the structure of family and kinship relations have been deeply divisive. What strikes many as uniquely French, however, is the extent to which many of these discussions—whether in legislative chambers, courtrooms, or the mass media—have been conducted in the frequently abstract vocabularies of anthropology and psychoanalysis. In this highly original book, Camille Robcis seeks to explain why and how academic discourses on kinship have intersected and overlapped with political debates on the family—and on the nature of French republicanism itself. She focuses on the theories of Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, both of whom highlighted the interdependence of the sexual and the social by positing a direct correlation between kinship and socialization. Robcis traces how their ideas gained recognition not only from French social scientists but also from legislators and politicians who relied on some of the most obscure and difficult concepts of structuralism to enact a series of laws concerning the family. Lévi-Strauss and Lacan constructed the heterosexual family as a universal trope for social and psychic integration, and this understanding of the family at the root of intersubjectivity coincided with the role that the family has played in modern French law and public policy. The Law of Kinship contributes to larger conversations about the particularities of French political culture, the nature of sexual difference, and the problem of reading and interpretation in intellectual history.

Author : David Forte
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589013797
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Law and Contemporary Public Policy written by David Forte and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in Western classical and medieval philosophies, the natural law movement of the last few decades seeks to rediscover fundamental moral truths. In this book, prominent thinkers demonstrate how natural law can be used to resolve a wide range of complex social, political, and constitutional issues by addressing controversial subjects that include the family, taxation, war, racial discrimination, medical technology, and sexuality. This volume will be of value to those working in philosophy, political science, and legal theory, as well as to policy analysts, legislators, and judges.