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19 January 2016

Where do I stand? Assessing children’s capabilities under English Law [2016] CFLQ 25
Dr Dawn Watkins, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of LeicesterKeywords: Child - law - capabilities - Article 12 - UNCRCThis paper sets out the findings of a doctrinal study that has sought to...
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19 January 2016

Meetings between children’s lawyers and children involved in private family law disputes [2016] CFLQ 5
Felicity Bell, Lecturer, School of Law,University of Wollongong, AustraliaKeywords: Family law – children’s lawyers – children’s voices – communication – qualitative researchThe appointment of a...
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11 January 2016

Putting children first? Children’s interests as a primary consideration in public law [2016] CFLQ 45
Rachel Taylor, Fellow and Tutor in Law, Exeter College, Associate Professor in Law, Oxford UniversityKeywords: Children’s rights – Article3 UNCRC – best interests – policy making – administrative...
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6 January 2016

Cohabitants, detriment and the potential of proprietary estoppel: Southwell v Blackburn [2014] EWCA Civ 1347 [2015] CFLQ 303
Keywords: Cohabitation - proprietary estoppel - constructive trusts - detrimental reliance - Thorner v MajorThis commentary critiques the Court of Appeal decision of Southwell v Blackburn that...
Andy Hayward
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6 January 2016

Intergenerational solidarity and elder care in the Low Countries [2015] CFLQ 285
Keywords: Elder care - informal care - family solidarity - maintenanceStrong family and social relationships are important factors affecting the subjective well-being of recipients of care. This...
Frederik Swennen
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6 January 2016

Parenting in step-parent families: legal status versus de facto roles [2015] CFLQ 271
Keywords: Parenting - step-families - legal status - rolesMulti-parent families increasingly challenge the Dutch and the other legal systems based on a concept of two parents. In order to answer the...
M V Antokolskaia
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6 January 2016

Fostering family law norms through educational initiatives [2015] CFLQ 261
Keywords: Parenting education - parental conflict - soft law - evaluationThis article reviews evidence, principally from the USA, on the efficacy of educational programmes in enhancing the normative...
Marsha Garrison
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6 January 2016

Substantive parenting arrangements in the USA: unpacking the policy choices [2015] CLFQ 249
Keywords: Post-separation parenting - best interests - rules - discretion - shared parentingPolicymakers in the USA currently debate whether to keep discretionary child custody standards, that is,...
Margaret F Brinig
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6 January 2016

Family solidarity and the mind-set of private law [2015] CFLQ 237
Keywords: Solidarity - cohabitation - childcare - indirect contribution - contract - causationDrawing on examples of legal reasoning by the Law Commission for England and Wales, the American Law...
Tone Sverdrup
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5 January 2016

Care Proceedings with a European Dimension under Brussels IIa: Jurisdiction, Mutual Trust and the Best Interests of the Child [2016] CFLQ 67
Ruth Lamont, Senior Lecturer in Familyand Child Law, University of ManchesterKeywords: Care proceedings – jurisdiction – EU – Brussels II Revised – public law – child protectionThis article explores...
Ruth Lamont
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