| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) |
| Series |
Families, law, and society series |
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Families, law, and society series.
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| Contents |
Historical overview -- The critique of the adversary system and the new paradigm as a response -- Expanded courts with diminished legal norms -- The new vision meets the new family -- From gladiators and umpires to problem-solvers and managers -- The influence of comparative and international family law -- Creating a twenty-first-century family dispute resolution system -- Notes |
| Summary |
Over the past thirty years, there has been a dramatic shift in the way the legal system approaches and resolves family disputes. Traditionally, family law dispute resolution was based on an "adversary" system: two parties and their advocates stood before a judge who determined which party was at fault in a divorce and who would be awarded the rights in a custody dispute. Now, many family courts are opting for a "problem-solving" model in which courts attempt to resolve both legal and non-legal issues. At the same time, American families have changed dramatically. Divorce rates have leveled of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-207) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Family mediation -- United States
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Dispute resolution (Law) -- United States
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Domestic relations courts -- United States
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Dispute resolution (Law)
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Domestic relations courts
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Family mediation
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Singer, Jana B., 1955- author.
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| ISBN |
0814708943 |
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9780814708941 |
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