Rajnaara C. Akhtar is Associate Professor of Family Law at the University of Warwick, teaching family law and child law. She has conducted extensive empirical research on family law and family justice in England and Wales, and multiple international legal contexts.

• 1. Introduction – Rajnaara C. AkhtarPart I: Marriage, Divorce, and Parenthood2. Exposing Marriage Law: Colonial Definitions and Legacies – Zainab Batul Naqvi3. Assimilation or Difference? Same-Sex Relationship Recognition in England and Wales – Andy Hayward4. The Financial Realities of Getting Divorced in England and Wales – Emma Hitchings, Caroline Bryson, and Gillian Douglas5. Forced Marriage in the UK: How Intermediaries and Expert Witnesses Help Successful Prosecutions – Aisha K. Gill6. Legal Parenthood and Same-Sex Couples – Brian Sloan7. Child Protection Intersectionality: Disparities in Racially Minoritised and Asylum-Seeking Backgrounds – Rachel Pimm-SmithPart II: Dispute Resolution in Family Law8. Family Dispute Resolution: Meeting the Challenge of Diversity – Maria Federica Moscati9. Accessing Family Justice Without Lawyers – Rachael Blakey10. Religious Communities and Family Dispute Resolution: The Sharia Councils Debate – Rehana Parveen11. Participation of Children in Family Justice Processes – Connie HealyPart III: Domestic Abuse in Families12. It Can Happen to Anyone, but Not Everyone Has the Same Experience: The Need for Better Legal Responses to Domestic Abuse in the Family Justice System – Mandy Burton13. In the Shadow of Hostile Environments and Bordering Regimes: Understanding Migrant Women’s Experiences of Domestic Abuse and Legal-Institutional Responses – Sundari Anitha14. The Invisibilisation of Male Victims in the Family and Criminal Courts: Domestic Abuse, Honour-Based Abuse, and Parental Alienation – Mohammad Mazher Idriss, Elizabeth Bates, and Ben HineConclusion – Rajnaara C. Akhtar

‘This exciting new collection will be an essential addition to family law reading lists. It encourages students to look beyond the law and reflect on how it is experienced in practice by individuals depending on their age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or socio-economic status.’ Rebecca Probert, University of Exeter

Rajnaara C. Akhtar is Associate Professor of Family Law at the University of Warwick, teaching family law and child law. She has conducted extensive empirical research on family law and family justice in England and Wales, and multiple international legal contexts.

• 1. Introduction – Rajnaara C. AkhtarPart I: Marriage, Divorce, and Parenthood2. Exposing Marriage Law: Colonial Definitions and Legacies – Zainab Batul Naqvi3. Assimilation or Difference? Same-Sex Relationship Recognition in England and Wales – Andy Hayward4. The Financial Realities of Getting Divorced in England and Wales – Emma Hitchings, Caroline Bryson, and Gillian Douglas5. Forced Marriage in the UK: How Intermediaries and Expert Witnesses Help Successful Prosecutions – Aisha K. Gill6. Legal Parenthood and Same-Sex Couples – Brian Sloan7. Child Protection Intersectionality: Disparities in Racially Minoritised and Asylum-Seeking Backgrounds – Rachel Pimm-SmithPart II: Dispute Resolution in Family Law8. Family Dispute Resolution: Meeting the Challenge of Diversity – Maria Federica Moscati9. Accessing Family Justice Without Lawyers – Rachael Blakey10. Religious Communities and Family Dispute Resolution: The Sharia Councils Debate – Rehana Parveen11. Participation of Children in Family Justice Processes – Connie HealyPart III: Domestic Abuse in Families12. It Can Happen to Anyone, but Not Everyone Has the Same Experience: The Need for Better Legal Responses to Domestic Abuse in the Family Justice System – Mandy Burton13. In the Shadow of Hostile Environments and Bordering Regimes: Understanding Migrant Women’s Experiences of Domestic Abuse and Legal-Institutional Responses – Sundari Anitha14. The Invisibilisation of Male Victims in the Family and Criminal Courts: Domestic Abuse, Honour-Based Abuse, and Parental Alienation – Mohammad Mazher Idriss, Elizabeth Bates, and Ben HineConclusion – Rajnaara C. Akhtar

‘This exciting new collection will be an essential addition to family law reading lists. It encourages students to look beyond the law and reflect on how it is experienced in practice by individuals depending on their age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or socio-economic status.’ Rebecca Probert, University of Exeter

Rajnaara C. Akhtar is Associate Professor of Family Law at the University of Warwick, teaching family law and child law. She has conducted extensive empirical research on family law and family justice in England and Wales, and multiple international legal contexts.

• 1. Introduction – Rajnaara C. AkhtarPart I: Marriage, Divorce, and Parenthood2. Exposing Marriage Law: Colonial Definitions and Legacies – Zainab Batul Naqvi3. Assimilation or Difference? Same-Sex Relationship Recognition in England and Wales – Andy Hayward4. The Financial Realities of Getting Divorced in England and Wales – Emma Hitchings, Caroline Bryson, and Gillian Douglas5. Forced Marriage in the UK: How Intermediaries and Expert Witnesses Help Successful Prosecutions – Aisha K. Gill6. Legal Parenthood and Same-Sex Couples – Brian Sloan7. Child Protection Intersectionality: Disparities in Racially Minoritised and Asylum-Seeking Backgrounds – Rachel Pimm-SmithPart II: Dispute Resolution in Family Law8. Family Dispute Resolution: Meeting the Challenge of Diversity – Maria Federica Moscati9. Accessing Family Justice Without Lawyers – Rachael Blakey10. Religious Communities and Family Dispute Resolution: The Sharia Councils Debate – Rehana Parveen11. Participation of Children in Family Justice Processes – Connie HealyPart III: Domestic Abuse in Families12. It Can Happen to Anyone, but Not Everyone Has the Same Experience: The Need for Better Legal Responses to Domestic Abuse in the Family Justice System – Mandy Burton13. In the Shadow of Hostile Environments and Bordering Regimes: Understanding Migrant Women’s Experiences of Domestic Abuse and Legal-Institutional Responses – Sundari Anitha14. The Invisibilisation of Male Victims in the Family and Criminal Courts: Domestic Abuse, Honour-Based Abuse, and Parental Alienation – Mohammad Mazher Idriss, Elizabeth Bates, and Ben HineConclusion – Rajnaara C. Akhtar

‘This exciting new collection will be an essential addition to family law reading lists. It encourages students to look beyond the law and reflect on how it is experienced in practice by individuals depending on their age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or socio-economic status.’ Rebecca Probert, University of Exeter