Born In Hope : the early years of the Family Court of Australia.
The Family Law Act of 1975 and the establishment of the Family Court of Australia the following year aimed to revolutionise the settlement of marital disputes in this country. Gone was the notion of divorce as a spectator sport, salacious media reports of unfaithful spouses and private investigators...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sydney :
UNSW Press,
2012
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The Family Law Act of 1975 and the establishment of the Family Court of Australia the following year aimed to revolutionise the settlement of marital disputes in this country. Gone was the notion of divorce as a spectator sport, salacious media reports of unfaithful spouses and private investigators enlisted to stalk suspicious partners. But the court quickly became the focus of hostility, and many saw it as a failed experiment. Drawing on interviews with judges, lawyers and counsellors, this book challenges that notion of failure. It captures the complexity of the early years as the Family Co. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781742245850 1742245854 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
