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Bringing together some of the world’s leading family law scholars, as well as bright and emerging minds in the field of global family law, this book explores the differences and commonalities in the conceptualization and legal treatment of families throughout different legal traditions. Each chapter delves into topics integral to family law jurisprudence and serves as a novel examination into a deep slice of family law. Together, the four parts and sixteen chapters create a melodious and intriguing examination of groundbreaking and cutting-edge areas of law in the realm of the family. The four parts primarily focus upon a major family law topic with the authors examining the laws across jurisdictions, cross-nationally, or in some cases intra-jurisdictionally. It is through this comparative lens that we see how family law concepts are woven into the fabric of overall society around the globe. This book is of interest to family law, international law, sociology, and socio-legal scholars.
List of contents
Part I: Intimate Relationships: Examining the Laws and Norms of Adult Relationships across the
Globe
Chapter 1: Nonmarital Norms by Naomi Cahn and June Carbone
Chapter 2: New Models of Registered Partnership Reform: Embracing Family Recognition
Beyond Marriage? by Andy Hayward
Chapter 3: Recognition of Islamic Marriages in the UK: Continuity of Marriage Status or Non-
Existent Marriages? by Michael Wells-Greco
Chapter 4: Norms of Muslim Marriage and Divorce: The Evolution of Algerian Family Law
Through the Examples of Matrimonial Guardianship and Consent to Marriage by Nahas
Mahieddin
Part II: Parents: Contrasting Global Norms of Parenting and Their Intersection with Child Rights
Chapter 5: Establishing New Permanent Family Relationships in United States and Nordic Child
Protection Systems by Josh Gupta-Kagan
Chapter 6: Separation and Connectedness: Global Norms of Open versus Closed Adoption by
Malinda Seymore
Chapter 7: Post-Divorce Parental Norms in the Age of Fake News and Discursive Violen
About the author
Melissa L. Breger is the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School. Breger has been teaching at the law school level for over twenty years, having started teaching at her alma mater, the University of Michigan Law School. Before teaching, she dedicated her career to helping women, families and children in New York City. She is the recipient of several teaching and service awards, both on a local and national level. Professor Breger is the co-author of New York Law of Domestic Violence, Fourth Edition (2023), a two-volume treatise, and her most recent book is Exploring Norms and Family Laws Across the Globe (2022). Breger has authored numerous law review articles in top journals such as Tulane Law Review, South Carolina Law Review, Michigan Journal of Law Reform and NYU Law Review of Social Change, as well as book chapters regarding issues of family law, gender and justice on a global level.Melissa L. Breger is the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School. Breger has been teaching at the law school level for over twenty years, having started teaching at her alma mater, the University of Michigan Law School. Before teaching, she dedicated her career to helping women, families and children in New York City. She is the recipient of several teaching and service awards, both on a local and national level. Professor Breger is the co-author of New York Law of Domestic Violence, Fourth Edition (2023), a two-volume treatise, and her most recent book is Exploring Norms and Family Laws Across the Globe (2022). Breger has authored numerous law review articles in top journals such as Tulane Law Review, South Carolina Law Review, Michigan Journal of Law Reform and NYU Law Review of Social Change, as well as book chapters regarding issues of family law, gender and justice on a global level.Charmaine N. Willis Ward, Ph.D. is visiting assistant professor of political science at Skidmore College.
