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Informationen zum Autor Elaine E. Sutherland is Professor of Child and Family Law at the Law School, University of Stirling, Scotland and Professor of Law at Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon, USA. Klappentext A critical and comparative analysis of the past and future imperatives shaping child and family law around the world. Zusammenfassung Using a common chapter structure! experts from thirteen countries and jurisdictions offer critical analysis of the current state of child and family law! the imperatives that have shaped it and those that will drive it forward. Common trends and salient differences are drawn together in the editorial introduction. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Imperatives and challenges in child and family law: commonalities and disparities Elaine E. Sutherland; 2. Australia: the certain uncertainty Frank Bates; 3. Canada: a bold and progressive past but an unclear future Carol Rogerson; 4. China: bringing the law back in Michael Palmer; 5. India: a perspective Anil Malhotra and Ranjit Malhotra; 6. Israel: dynamism and schizophrenia Rhona Schuz and Ayelet Blecher-Prigat; 7. Malaysia: what lies ahead? Noor Aziah Mohd Awal; 8. The Netherlands: the growing role of the judge in child and family law Paul Vlaardingerbroek; 9. New Zealand: the emergence of cultural diversity Bill Atkin; 10. Norway: equal rights at any costs? Tone Sverdrup; 11. Russia: looking back, evaluating the present and glancing into the future Olga A. Khazova; 12. Scotland: the marriage of principle and pragmatism Elaine E. Sutherland; 13. South Africa: changing the contours of child and family law Jacqueline Heaton; 14. The United States of America: changing laws for changing families Marygold Shire Melli.
