The Future of Child and Family Law

A critical and comparative analysis of the past and future imperatives shaping child and family law around the world.

Using a common chapter structure, experts from thirteen countries and jurisdictions offer critical analysis of the current state of child and family law, the imperatives that have shaped it and those that will drive it forward. Common trends and salient differences are drawn together in the editorial introduction.Child and family law tells us much about how a society operates, since it touches the lives of everyone living in that society. In this volume, a variety of experts examine child and family law in thirteen countries - Australia, Canada, China, India, Israel, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Scotland, South Africa and the United States. Each chapter identifies the imperatives and influences that have prevailed to date and offers informed predictions of how it will develop in the years to come. A common chapter structure facilitates comparison of the jurisdictions, and in the introduction the editor highlights common trends and salient differences. The Future of Child and Family Law therefore provides practitioners, academics and policy-makers with access not just to an overview of child and family law in a range of countries around the world, but also to insights into what has shaped it and options for reform.