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.
Melissa L. Breger is the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School.
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: Analyzing 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 v. Closed Adoption by Malinda Seymore Chapter 7: Post-Divorce Parental Norms in the Age of Fake News and Discursive Violence: Israeli Case in a Comparative Context by Daphna Hacker Chapter 8: Homeschooling by Elizabeth Bartholet Part III: Children: Situating the Child within the Legal System and Global Norms Chapter 9: Global Norms in the Context of Corporal Punishment against Children by Melissa L. Breger, Lucy Sorensen, Victor Asal, and Charmaine N. Willis Chapter 10: Structural Violence as a Driver of Interpersonal Violence against Children: Missed Connections in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and English Law by Jessica Lynn Corsi Chapter 11: Children's Voices in Family Law Proceedings in Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada by Michelle Fernando Chapter 12: Educational Norms as They Relate to Disabled Children across the Globe by Mark Henaghan Part IV: Culture: Comparing the Norms, Themes and Legal Structures of Family Law across the Globe Chapter 13: A Child's Right to Know Their Genetic Origins? A Comparative Analysis of Approaches to Donor Linking by Fiona Kelly Chapter 14: Transgender Family Rights Issues and Concerns: A Comparative Legal Analysis of Asia and Europe by Yeshwant Naik Chapter 15: The Place of Normative Pluralism in the Family Laws: Family and Marital Union in Ethiopia by Sileshi Bedasie Hirko Chapter 16: Imperfect Families: Preserving Family Unity and Communities in South Africa and the United States by Deseriee Kennedy
