Divorced from Reality : : Rethinking Family Dispute Resolution / / Jane C. Murphy, Jana B. Singer.
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 fau...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Families, Law, and Society ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Historical Overview
- 2. The Critique of the Adversary System and the New Paradigm as a Response
- 3. Expanded Courts with Diminished Legal Norms
- 4. The New Vision Meets the New Family
- 5. From Gladiators and Umpires to Problem- Solvers and Managers
- 6. The Influence of Comparative and International Family Law
- 7. Creating a Twenty- First- Century Family Dispute Resolution System
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors