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New Issue: International Law, Policy and the Family
The April 2011 issue of International Law, Policy and the Family is available online here. The articles include: Lynn Welchman, A Husband’s Authority: Emerging Formulations In Muslim Family Laws; Maznah Mohamad, Malaysian Sharia Reforms in Flux: The Changeable National Character of Islamic Marriage; Jill Howieson, The Professional Culture of Australian Family Lawyers: Pathways to Constructive [...]
Two PACS for every three marriages in France
Statistics for 2009 showed 250,000 marriages in France and 173,045 registrations of a pacte civil de solidarité (PACS). France allows both opposite-sex and same-sex couples to enter a PACS, and 95 percent of the newPACS registered in 2009 were between opposite-sex couples. See Scott Sayare and Maïa De la Baume, In France, Civil Unions Gain Favor [...]
Supreme Court Term Begins Today
As the Supreme Court begins its 2011 term, its docket includes Flores-Villar v. United States, docket no. 09-5801, a case challenging citizenship laws that distinguish between the nonmarital children of U.S. citizen fathers and mothers. In addition to the briefs of the parties, amicus briefs have been filed by groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, the National [...]
Cohabitation Rights in England
Here’s an interesting post by Jeremy Morley from his International Family Law blog on English Law: Unmarried Couples’ Rights.
Swedish Men and Parental Leave
As Katrinn Benhold reports: In Sweden, Men Can Have it All. Thirty five years after the Swedes instituted the concept of parental leave, and fifteen years after the law changed to make a portion of each family’s paid leave available exclusively to fathers, 85% of fathers take time off to care for children. This is another article in [...]
Single Parenting in Korea
An interesting story in today’s New York Times by Choe Sang-Hun reports on the challenges faced by unmarried Korean women in who have decided to raise children as single parents. Of single women who give birth in South Korea, about 70 percent relinquish their children for adoption. The Times story is illustrated with a slide show.
