| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 219 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Families, law, and society series
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Families, law, and society series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-207) and index. |
| Contents |
Historical overview -- Critique of the adversary system and the new paradigm as a response -- Expanded courts with diminished legal norms -- New vision meets the new family -- From gladiators and umpires to problem-solvers and managers -- 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Family mediation -- United States.
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Family mediation. |
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United States. |
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Dispute resolution (Law) -- United States.
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Dispute resolution (Law) |
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Domestic relations courts -- United States.
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Domestic relations courts. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Singer, Jana B., 1955- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780814708934 0814708935 (DLC) 2014050100 |
| ISBN |
0814708943 (electronic book) |
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9780814708941 (electronic book) |
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9780814708934 (hardcover) |
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0814708935 (hardcover) |
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