Divorced from reality : rethinking family dispute resolution /
Murphy, Jane C.,
Divorced from reality : rethinking family dispute resolution / Jane C. Murphy and Jana B. Singer. - 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) - Families, law, and society series . - Families, law, and society series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-207) and index.
Historical overview -- The critique of the adversary system and the new paradigm as a response -- Expanded courts with diminished legal norms -- The new vision meets the new family -- From gladiators and umpires to problem-solvers and managers -- The influence of comparative and international family law -- Creating a twenty-first-century family dispute resolution system -- Notes.
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
English.
0814708943 (electronic bk.) 9780814708941 (electronic bk.) (hardcover) (hardcover)
22573/ctt14g3pw1 JSTOR
Family mediation--United States.
Dispute resolution (Law)--United States.
Domestic relations courts--United States.
Médiation familiale--États-Unis.
Règlement de conflits--États-Unis.
Tribunaux de la famille--États-Unis.
LAW--Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Dispute resolution (Law)
Domestic relations courts.
Family mediation.
United States.
Electronic books.
KF505.5 / .M868 2015eb
346.7301/5
Divorced from reality : rethinking family dispute resolution / Jane C. Murphy and Jana B. Singer. - 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) - Families, law, and society series . - Families, law, and society series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-207) and index.
Historical overview -- The critique of the adversary system and the new paradigm as a response -- Expanded courts with diminished legal norms -- The new vision meets the new family -- From gladiators and umpires to problem-solvers and managers -- The influence of comparative and international family law -- Creating a twenty-first-century family dispute resolution system -- Notes.
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
English.
0814708943 (electronic bk.) 9780814708941 (electronic bk.) (hardcover) (hardcover)
22573/ctt14g3pw1 JSTOR
Family mediation--United States.
Dispute resolution (Law)--United States.
Domestic relations courts--United States.
Médiation familiale--États-Unis.
Règlement de conflits--États-Unis.
Tribunaux de la famille--États-Unis.
LAW--Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Dispute resolution (Law)
Domestic relations courts.
Family mediation.
United States.
Electronic books.
KF505.5 / .M868 2015eb
346.7301/5