"Oñati international series in law and society, a series published for the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Neoliberal context of family law reform in British Columbia, Canada : implications for access to (family) justice / Rachel Treloar -- Revised family court system in New Zealand : secret justice and privatisation / Bill Atkin -- Shaping substantive law to promote access to justice : Canada's use of child and spousal support guidelines / Carol Rogerson -- Performing the Marriage Act straight : the legal regulation of marriage in the Australian civil wedding ceremony / Becky Batagol -- National paths towards private ordering : professionals' jurisdictions and separating couples' privacy in the French and Canadian family justice systems / Emilie Biland, Muiel Mille and Hélène Steinmetz -- Family justice in Bulgaria : the old system and new demands / Velina Todorova -- Family courts and family cases in Poland and other post-Communist countries / Małgorzata Fuszara and Jacek Kurczewski -- Paths to justice in divorce cases in England and Wales / Rosemary Hunter, Anne Barlow, Janet Smithson and Jan Ewing -- Family lawyers and multi-agency approaches : why don't lawyers work with other service providers? / Angela Melville, Karen Laing and Frank Stephen -- Family justice without courts : property settlement on separation using contracts in Scotland / Jane Mair, Fran Wasoff and Kirsteen Mackay -- Access to justice in Spain in times of austerity, with special reference to family justice / Teresa Picontó-Novales -- Legal aid, fundamental rights and family issues / Encarna Roca Trías -- Taking responsibility? : legal aid reform and litigants in person in England / Liz Trinder -- Access to justice in hard times and the deconstruction of democratic citizenship / Hilary Sommerlad -- Casualties of friendly fire : counter productive campaigning on public funded legal services / Peter G. Harris -- Controlling time? : speeding up divorce proceedings in France and Belgium / Benoit Bastard, David Delvaux, Christian Mouhanna and Frédéric Schoenaers -- When is a family lawyer a lawyer? / Lisa Webley -- New ways to seek legal information and advice on family matters in England and Wales : from professional legal services to Google and private ordering / Mavis Maclean -- Can there be family justice without law? / John Eekelaar.

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