LEADER 03684oam 22006851 450 001 9910780901503321 005 20200514202323.0 010 $a1-4725-6476-6 010 $a1-282-38797-9 010 $a9786612387975 010 $a1-84731-504-6 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472564764 035 $a(CKB)2550000000002918 035 $a(EBL)479798 035 $a(OCoLC)646885528 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000337591 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11230339 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337591 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10289559 035 $a(PQKB)10183520 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772452 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC479798 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09256346 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL479798 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000002918 100 $a20140929d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFamily law advocacy $ehow barristers help the victims of family failure /$fMavis Maclean and John Eekelaar 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford ;$aPortland, Oregon :$cHart Publishing,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (138 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84113-277-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreconceptions -- The family law bar -- Overview of the barristers' role -- Financial cases -- Children cases : contact -- Child protection cases. 330 8 $aThe role of the law in settling family disputes has been a matter of particular debate over the past twenty-five years. In keeping with the general public perception, the media has been largely critical about the role of lawyers in family law matters, sustaining a general lack of confidence in the legal profession, and a more specific feeling that in family matters lawyers aggravate conflict or even represent a female conspiracy. The climate in which family lawyers practise in England and Wales is therefore a harsh one. The authors of this path-breaking study felt it was time to find out more about the contribution of barristers in family law cases. They therefore embarked on a careful study of the Family Law Bar, its characteristics, what its members do, and how their activities contribute to the management or resolution of family disputes. Much of the study is comprised of an in-depth examination of the day-to-day activity of members of the family law bar through observation of individual barristers as they performed their role in the context of a court hearing, In attempting to answer questions such as whether our family justice system is excessively adversarial, or whether family barristers earn too much from human unhappiness, or indeed whether those working in the front line of child protection earn enough, the authors reach some surprising conclusions.'The barrister is both mentor and guide for the client' is how they begin their conclusion; 'we hope that we have shown that society should value their contribution better' is how they finish 606 $aDomestic relations$zEngland 606 $aDomestic relations$zWales 606 $aLawyers$zGreat Britain 606 $aPractice of law$zGreat Britain 606 $2Family law 615 0$aDomestic relations 615 0$aDomestic relations 615 0$aLawyers 615 0$aPractice of law 676 $a346.015 676 $a349.42 700 $aMaclean$b Mavis$01494059 702 $aEekelaar$b John 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780901503321 996 $aFamily law advocacy$93717386 997 $aUNINA