This work focuses on the recent changes to divorce law in the UK, and in particular the failure of the Child Support Act 1991, the panic surrounding the Child Support Agency, and the ability of children to ""divorce"" their parents.
Contents:
Divorce - contemporary problems and future prospects, Michael Freeman; contemporary divorce and changing family patterns, Colin Gibson; divorce reform in England - humbug and hypocrisy, or a smooth transition?, Stephen Cretney; norms and negotiation in mediation and divorce, Christine Piper; property and money matters, Ruth Deech; right to divorce and pension rights, Judith Masson; divorce and ethnic minorities, Rhona Schuz; can children divorce their parents?, Michael Freeman; feminism, gender and the consequences of divorce, June Carbone.