Divorced from reality : rethinking family dispute resolution / Jane C. Murphy and Jana B. Singer.

By:

Murphy, Jane C [author.]

Contributor(s):

Singer, Jana B, 1955- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Families, law, and society seriesPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0814708943
9780814708941

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

346.7301/5 23

LOC classification:

KF505.5 .M868 2015eb

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Contents:

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.

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

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-207) and index.

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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

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