Australian Family Law The Contemporary Context |
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| Author:
| Fehlberg, Belinda
Behrens, Juliet |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-551221-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2007 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $153.95 |
Book Description:
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Australian Family Law encourages and enables broad understanding of, and critical thinking about, contemporary Australian family law. Description and analysis of the law is set in a broad context that includes theoretical and policy debates surrounding the law and the family as well as discussion of relevant empirical and research literature and reference where relevant to developments in overseas jurisdictions. Recent years have seen a burgeoning of empirical research relevant to...
More DescriptionAustralian Family Law encourages and enables broad understanding of, and critical thinking about, contemporary Australian family law. Description and analysis of the law is set in a broad context that includes theoretical and policy debates surrounding the law and the family as well as discussion of relevant empirical and research literature and reference where relevant to developments in overseas jurisdictions. Recent years have seen a burgeoning of empirical research relevant to family law and policy, and this research enables the authors to convey a rich sense of the law in action, social norms (both attitudes and behaviours), and the contexts of the field.