Delivering Family Justice in the 21st Century

Mavis Maclean is a Senior Research Fellow at St Hilda’s College, and the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford.John Eekelaar is Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College Oxford.Benoit Bastard is Director of Research at CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay.

• Part I: Law and Delivering Family Justice1. The Neoliberal Context of Family Law Reform in British Columbia, Canada: Implications for Access to (Family) Justice Rachel Treloar2. The Revised Family Court System in New Zealand: Secret Justice and Privatisation Bill Atkin3. Shaping Substantive Law to Promote Access to Justice: Canada’s Use of Child and Spousal Support Guidelines Carol Rogerson4. Performing the Marriage Act Straight: The Legal Regulation of Marriage in the Australian Civil Wedding Ceremony Becky BatagolPart II: Judges and Courts Delivering Family Justice5. National Paths Towards Private Ordering: Professionals ’Jurisdictions and Separating Couples’ Privacy in the French and Canadian Family Justice Systems Emilie Biland , Muriel Mille and Hélène Steinmetz6. Family Justice in Bulgaria: The Old System and New DemandsVelina Todorova7. Family Courts and Family Cases in Poland and other Post-Communist Countries Malgorzata Fuszara and Jacek KurczewskiPart III: Current Context of Practice and PolicyI: Bypassing Courts8. Paths to Justice in Divorce Cases in England and Wales Rosemary Hunter , Anne Barlow, Janet Smithson and Jan Ewing9. Family Lawyers and Multi-agency Approaches: Why Don’t Lawyers Work with Other Service Providers? Angela Melville , Karen Laing and Frank Stephen10. Family Justice Without Courts: Property Settlement on Separation Using Contracts in Scotland Jane Mair, Fran Wasoff and Kirsteen MackayII: Reducing Public Funding11. Access to Justice in Spain in Times of Austerity, with Special Reference to Family Justice Teresa Picontó -Novales12. Legal Aid, Fundamental Rights and Family Issues Encarna Roca Trías13. Taking Responsibility? Legal Aid Reform and Litigants in Person in England Liz Trinder14. Access to Justice in Hard Times and the Deconstruction of Democratic Citizenship Hilary Sommerlad15. Casualties of Friendly Fire: Counter Productive Campaigning on Public Funded Legal Services Peter G HarrisPart IV: Innovation in Delivering Family Justice16. Controlling Time ? Speeding Up Divorce Proceedings in France and Belgium Benoit Bastard , David Delvaux , Christian Mouhannaand Frédéric Schoenaers17. When is a Family Lawyer a Lawyer ? Lisa Webley18. 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 Maclean19. Can there be Family Justice Without Law ? John Eekelaar

[When] Delivering Family Justice in the 21st Century came out, I was confident of great things - and I was not disappointed...When you read [the editors'] proposal you find yourself wondering why on earth no one has thought of this before.