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in Hindu Law
June 2009; published online October 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: family law. 27307 words.
This chapter discusses the concluding analyses in different sections. The author argues that dismissing Hindu law as a traditional religious system of suppression with no relevance to the...
Abortion in South Korea: The Law and the Reality
in International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
December 2012; published online October 2012.
Journal Article. Subjects: family law; marriage and the family. 11739 words.
About 340,000 abortions are performed annually in South Korea while 440,000 childbirths are reported. These figures raise a host of questions given strict criminal regulations that make most of...
The Absolute Prohibition of Same-sex Marriages in Uganda
in International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
December 2009; published online March 2009.
Journal Article. Subjects: family law; marriage and the family. 5267 words.
Before 2005, the Constitution of Uganda provided in Article 31(1) that ‘men and women of the age of eighteen years and above have the right to marry and to found a family ….’ In 2005, Article 31 was...
Access to Justice in Family Matters in Post-War Britain
in Cross Currents
December 2000; published online March 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: family law. 6226 words.
In 1948, T. H. Marshall argued that the acceptance of state funding for legal services was a necessary condition for the full and equal exercise of civil rights which legitimises Britain’s democratic...
The Activities of Family Courts in Poland
in International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
April 1997; published online April 1997.
Journal Article. Subjects: family law; marriage and the family. 0 words.
Adapting Adoption: A Case of Closet Politics?
in International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
December 2005; published online December 2005.
Journal Article. Subjects: family law; marriage and the family. 9112 words.
The Adoption and Children Act 2002 addressed problems of delay in the adoption process, particularly with regard to children looked after in the care system. This article reviews the...
Adoption
in Family Law in America
December 2003; published online January 2010.
Chapter. Subjects: family law. 15871 words.
This chapter discusses the establishment of new parent-child relationships through adoption. Topics covered include voluntary and involuntary forms of adoption, the role of the federal government and...
ADOPTION: THE NATURE OF POLICY SHIFTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1972-2002
in International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
August 2004; published online August 2004.
Journal Article. Subjects: family law; marriage and the family. 0 words.
The focus is on within-country adoption and on adoption by strangers. The political debates about adoption are explored in detail, using government documents, Parliamentary Debates, pressure...
* Adoption—from Contract to Status?
in Law, Law Reform and the Family
December 1998; published online March 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: family law. 12126 words.
In the United Kingdom, adoption is a legal institution intended to give a child the security of belonging to a family other than the one into which he or she was born. But how far should adoption...
The Age of Conflict: Rethinking Childhood, Law, and Age Through the Israeli-Palestinian Case1
in Law and Childhood Studies
March 2012; published online May 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: family law. 14815 words.
This chapter attempts to provide a contextualized investigation of some of the central factors which inform the intricate interplay between childhood, law, and age. To a great extent, the Israeli...