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Family Lawyers: How Solicitors Deal with Divorcing Clients
Professor John Eekelaar
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Description for Family Lawyers: How Solicitors Deal with Divorcing Clients
Paperback. This book examines the world of family solicitors and will allow a balanced assessment of the role and of the place of the law in this aspect of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; LNMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
Recent changes to the legal aid system and the promotion of mediation have put the future of family law work in doubt. The legal process is widely perceived as being in itself harmful to the resolution of family disputes and wastefully expensive. Yet such attitudes are based on little evidence. Family Lawyers considers these issues on the basis of research into the way family lawyers deal with their divorcing clients, and how this fits into their general legal practice. It examines how solicitors negotiate both with their clients and with the "other side", how long cases take and what causes ... Read more
Recent changes to the legal aid system and the promotion of mediation have put the future of family law work in doubt. The legal process is widely perceived as being in itself harmful to the resolution of family disputes and wastefully expensive. Yet such attitudes are based on little evidence. Family Lawyers considers these issues on the basis of research into the way family lawyers deal with their divorcing clients, and how this fits into their general legal practice. It examines how solicitors negotiate both with their clients and with the "other side", how long cases take and what causes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841131863
SKU
V9781841131863
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About Professor John Eekelaar
John Eekelaar is Reader in law and Fellow of Pembroke College,Oxford. Mavis Maclean is co-founder of the Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy, Oxford University.
Reviews for Family Lawyers: How Solicitors Deal with Divorcing Clients
...fascinating reading Geraldine Horwood New Law Journal October 2000 Ultimately, one has to believe, work such as this does have influence beyond academia. Certainly it deserves to have. Gwynn Davis Journal of Law and Society October 2000 ...a thought-provoking debate on family law at the turn of the twentieth century. The contributions provide an interesting analysis of the main issues ... Read more