Although domestic violence has been recognized as a major social and criminal problem, only recently have service providers begun to acknowledge that the violence doesn't end with separation. In, Fact, separation may be the most dangerous period for abused women. Often the violence and abuse of power a gets played out thorough a battle for ......
Author Jonathan W. Gould compiles the literature on child custody evaluation into a coherent, logically integrated format that can be applied directly to practice. This empirically based book represents state-of-the-art forensic techniques in the rapidly changing field of child custody evaluation. The author questions whether this minority ......
Law, Technology, and Reproduction in An Uneasy Age
Who are the real parents of a child? What are the relationships and responsibilities between a child, the woman who carried it to term, and the egg donor? This book charts the response of the law to modern reproductive technology as it transforms our image of the family and is itself transformed by the tide of social forces.
Integrating disparate research findings into a comprehensive resource, this book provides a clinical and theoretical understanding of the most important issues concerning child custody evaluations.'
A Divorced Father's Struggle With the Child Custody Industry
Exposes a twisted legal system, its obvious abuses of civil rights, and indifferent courts that subject caring fathers across the nation to vengeful ex-wives, opportunistic psychologists and psychiatrists, and overzealous attorneys. This book argues that all fathers should not be viewed as deadbeat dads who shirk their responsibilities.
A Practical Legal Guide for Parents and Professionals
Myers demonstrates the devastating consequen ces for women of facing a legal system which frequently does not support them, often attacks them, and sometimes gives t heir children away to the alleged perpetrators. '
Law, Technology, and Reproduction in An Uneasy Age
Who are the real parents of a child? What are the relationships and responsibilities between a child, the woman who carried it to term, and the egg donor? Between viable sperm and the wife of a dead donor? Should these cases be decided in light of laws governing contracts and property? This title deals with these questions.
This Major Reference series brings together a wide range of key international articles in law and legal theory. Many of these essays are not readily accessible, and their presentation in these volumes will provide a vital new resource for both research and teaching. Each volume is edited by leading international authorities who explain the ......
