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It is suggested in this article, in response to claims made by John Murphy in a previous article in this journal, that there is an important role to be played by philosophical and constitutional...

Drawing upon the passage of the Civil Partnerships Act 2004 in the UK and examples from Canadian jurisprudence, this article discusses how attempts to displace the centrality of the 'conjugal family'...

This commentary examines a recent Court of Appeal decision which holds that parents with care have no 'civil rights' within Article 6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and...

This commentary traces the stormy passage through the French and European courts of Mrs Vo's attempt to obtain recompense for the loss of her fetus as a result of a remarkable series of medical...

Using data from two empirical studies, this article explores the factors that determine how local authorities respond to child protection crises, particularly whether they seek to accommodate...

This article draws upon research exploring access to advice for lone parents. In it, we argue that current advice provision for lone parents is insufficiently accessible to enable them to achieve...

Legislation has been passed establishing separate Children's Commissioners for Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England. There are differences in the respective Commissioners' ability to...

The rich evidential jewel of 'frankness' in civil courts in child protection proceedings is currently under siege. Its object, to discover causation rather than attribute blame, is being thwarted by...

Between 1914 and 1927 certain benefits - first war pensions and then unemployment benefits - were provided for the benefit of cohabiting women. Exploring this apparent anomaly reveals the lack of any...

This note assesses the controversial case of Evans v UK by attempting to make sense of the sympathy that Ms Evans attracted when her plight became publicly known. It analyses the decision with the...

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