Jana Singer is a Professor of Law at the University of Maryland, USA and Jane Murphy, is a Professor at the University of Baltimore, USA.

• Contents: Introduction; Part I Theoretical Foundations: In the best interests of children: a proposal to transform the adversarial system, Gregory Firestone and Janet Weinstein; An interdisciplinary approach to family law jurisprudence: application of an ecological and therapeutic perspective, Barbara A. Babb; Rights myopia in child welfare, Clare Huntington. Part II Court Processes and Structure: A: Historical Overview: The evolving judicial role in child custody disputes: from fault finder to conflict manager to differential case management, Andrew Schepard. B: Problem-Solving Courts: Problem-solving courts: a brief primer, Greg Berman and John Feinblatt; Fixing families: the story of the Manhattan family treatment court, Robert Wolf. C: Unified Family Courts: The failure of fragmentation: the promise of a system of unified family courts, Catherine J. Ross; Unified family courts: tempering enthusiasm with caution, Anne H. Geraghty and Wallace J. Mlyniec. D: Family Mediation: 1: Divorce and Child Access Mediation: Divorce mediation: research and reflections, Robert E. Emery, David Sbarra and Tara Grover; Bring in the lawyers: challenging the dominant approaches to ensuring fairness in divorce mediation, Craig McEwen, Nancy Rogers and Richard Maiman; Yes, no, and maybe: informed decision making about divorce mediation in the presence of domestic violence, Nancy Ver Steegh. 2: Child Welfare Mediation and Family Group Conferencing: Rights myopia in child welfare: a problem-solving model: the example of family group conferencing, Clare Huntington; Why won't Mom cooperate? A critique of informality in child welfare proceedings, Amy Sinden. E: Managing High Conflict Cases: Parenting coordination for high conflict families, Christine Coates, Robin Deutsch, Hugh Starnes, Matthew Sullivan and BeaLisa Sydlik; Building multidisciplinary professional partnerships with the court on behalf of high-conflict divorcing families and their children: who needs what kind of help?, Jane

Jana Singer is a Professor of Law at the University of Maryland, USA and Jane Murphy, is a Professor at the University of Baltimore, USA.

• Contents: Introduction; Part I Theoretical Foundations: In the best interests of children: a proposal to transform the adversarial system, Gregory Firestone and Janet Weinstein; An interdisciplinary approach to family law jurisprudence: application of an ecological and therapeutic perspective, Barbara A. Babb; Rights myopia in child welfare, Clare Huntington. Part II Court Processes and Structure: A: Historical Overview: The evolving judicial role in child custody disputes: from fault finder to conflict manager to differential case management, Andrew Schepard. B: Problem-Solving Courts: Problem-solving courts: a brief primer, Greg Berman and John Feinblatt; Fixing families: the story of the Manhattan family treatment court, Robert Wolf. C: Unified Family Courts: The failure of fragmentation: the promise of a system of unified family courts, Catherine J. Ross; Unified family courts: tempering enthusiasm with caution, Anne H. Geraghty and Wallace J. Mlyniec. D: Family Mediation: 1: Divorce and Child Access Mediation: Divorce mediation: research and reflections, Robert E. Emery, David Sbarra and Tara Grover; Bring in the lawyers: challenging the dominant approaches to ensuring fairness in divorce mediation, Craig McEwen, Nancy Rogers and Richard Maiman; Yes, no, and maybe: informed decision making about divorce mediation in the presence of domestic violence, Nancy Ver Steegh. 2: Child Welfare Mediation and Family Group Conferencing: Rights myopia in child welfare: a problem-solving model: the example of family group conferencing, Clare Huntington; Why won't Mom cooperate? A critique of informality in child welfare proceedings, Amy Sinden. E: Managing High Conflict Cases: Parenting coordination for high conflict families, Christine Coates, Robin Deutsch, Hugh Starnes, Matthew Sullivan and BeaLisa Sydlik; Building multidisciplinary professional partnerships with the court on behalf of high-conflict divorcing families and their children: who needs what kind of help?, Jane

Jana Singer is a Professor of Law at the University of Maryland, USA and Jane Murphy, is a Professor at the University of Baltimore, USA.

• Contents: Introduction; Part I Theoretical Foundations: In the best interests of children: a proposal to transform the adversarial system, Gregory Firestone and Janet Weinstein; An interdisciplinary approach to family law jurisprudence: application of an ecological and therapeutic perspective, Barbara A. Babb; Rights myopia in child welfare, Clare Huntington. Part II Court Processes and Structure: A: Historical Overview: The evolving judicial role in child custody disputes: from fault finder to conflict manager to differential case management, Andrew Schepard. B: Problem-Solving Courts: Problem-solving courts: a brief primer, Greg Berman and John Feinblatt; Fixing families: the story of the Manhattan family treatment court, Robert Wolf. C: Unified Family Courts: The failure of fragmentation: the promise of a system of unified family courts, Catherine J. Ross; Unified family courts: tempering enthusiasm with caution, Anne H. Geraghty and Wallace J. Mlyniec. D: Family Mediation: 1: Divorce and Child Access Mediation: Divorce mediation: research and reflections, Robert E. Emery, David Sbarra and Tara Grover; Bring in the lawyers: challenging the dominant approaches to ensuring fairness in divorce mediation, Craig McEwen, Nancy Rogers and Richard Maiman; Yes, no, and maybe: informed decision making about divorce mediation in the presence of domestic violence, Nancy Ver Steegh. 2: Child Welfare Mediation and Family Group Conferencing: Rights myopia in child welfare: a problem-solving model: the example of family group conferencing, Clare Huntington; Why won't Mom cooperate? A critique of informality in child welfare proceedings, Amy Sinden. E: Managing High Conflict Cases: Parenting coordination for high conflict families, Christine Coates, Robin Deutsch, Hugh Starnes, Matthew Sullivan and BeaLisa Sydlik; Building multidisciplinary professional partnerships with the court on behalf of high-conflict divorcing families and their children: who needs what kind of help?, Jane