Mapping Paths to Family Justice: Resolving Family Disputes in Neoliberal Times by Jan Ewing, Rosemary Hunter, Anne Barlow, Janet Smithson (Hardcover, 2017)
The family justice system in England and Wales has undergone radical change over the past 20 years. A significant part of this shifting landscape has been an increasing emphasis on settling private family disputes out of court, which has been embraced by policy-makers, judges and practitioners alike and is promoted as an unqualified good. Mapping Paths to Family Justice: Resolving Family Disputes in Neoliberal Times examines the experiences of people taking part in out-of-court family dispute resolution in England and Wales. It addresses questions such as how participants' experiences match up to the ideal; how recent changes to the legal system have affected people's ability to access out-of-court dispute resolution; and what kind of outcomes are achieved in family dispute resolution. This book is the first study systematically to compare different forms of family dispute resolution. It explores people's experiences of solicitor negotiations, mediation and collaborative law empirically by analyzing findings from a nationally representative survey, individual in-depth interviews with parties and practitioners, and recorded family dispute resolution processes. It considers these in the context of ongoing neoliberal reforms to the family justice system, drawing out conclusions and implications for policy and practice.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13
9781137554048
eBay Product ID (ePID)
233781327
Product Key Features
Author
Jan Ewing, Rosemary Hunter, Anne Barlow, Janet Smithson
Publication Name
Mapping Paths to Family Justice: Resolving Family Disputes in Neoliberal Times
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Law
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
5089g
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Title_Author
Jan Ewing, Anne Barlow, Rosemary Hunter, Janet Smithson