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This article reflects on what we can learn about criminal justice policy and practice approaches to 'socially excluded' young men and women who are 'at risk' of offending, from detailed,...

This article explores the need for changes to Australia's post-separation parenting legislation and considers possible approaches to reform in light of the aim of ensuring 'psychologically healthy'...

The Children Act 1989 was built around the concept of parental responsibility, which was designed to promote parental decision-making about children, with the courts limited to making concrete...

In a decision endorsed by the Court of Appeal, the High Court in Hudson v Leigh (Status of Non-Marriage) has confirmed that English and Welsh law recognises the concept of non-marriage or non-existent...

This article assesses recent proposals for the reform of cohabitation law by drawing on two interdisciplinary empirical studies. The first, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice included a...

Teachers who engage in (consensual) sexual relations with their students commit serious offences as the law removes consent as a relevant factor in assessing teachers' guilt. The law thus...

This article explores the differing judicial approaches to the weight accorded to biological parenthood in residence disputes. We examine the legal basis for the natural parent presumption and...

One of the most important questions confronting the family justice system over recent years is the extent to which the family courts should be opened up to the outside world - an issue of...

In Re W (Children) (Abuse: Oral Evidence) the Supreme Court removed the presumption against children being called to give live evidence in care proceedings. This commentary argues that, whilst...

Shared residence, where children divide their time between parents after separation or divorce is becoming more common. This paper reviews recent empirical research on the prevalence and...

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