Fran Wasoff
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 317546 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Fran Wasoff |
| NOMBRES | Fran |
| APELLIDO | Wasoff |
| FIRMA | WASOFF F |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Edinburgh |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Child Contact Centers and Domestic Abuse
Child contact with a nonresident father who has perpetrated domestic abuse has gained policy and research attention. Both feminist social policy and family law research identify the role child contact centers can play in facilitating contact in these circumstances. Drawing from a literature review carried out by the authors, this article examines the priorities that underpin feminist social policy and family law disciplines and how these manifest…
Reforming family law – the case of cohabitation
This article explores the findings of a recent research study examining the first three years' operation of new financial remedies between cohabitants following separation in Scots law in order to illustrate the phenomenon of unintended consequences arising from law reform, family law reform in particular
Family justice in hard times
This paper presents the views of scholars from Australia, Canada, Scotland, France and Sweden on the current working of the Family Justice system in England and Wales, and comparing the experience here with those using the system in their own jurisdiction using vignettes describing a typical divorce and child protection case. The authors identify any special features of their own system which might be of interest here
Another Child? Fertility Ideals, Resources and Opportunities
Fertility and Social Change
Attitude survey and interview data are mobilised to address neglect of men's contribution to low fertility and wider social change in families and relationships. Men's attitudes are as relevant as women's to understanding fertility behaviour. However, fertility behaviour can only be understood in the context of a package of changes in gender relations and family life. Data from a random sample of men aged 18-49 surveyed in the Scottish Social Att…
Public attitudes and law reform
The demographic transformations of partnership and parenthood present fresh challenges for family law and the rules governing child contact following parental separation are no exception. As children are now more likely to live in non-traditional families and experience family transitions, more kin act as de-facto parents, at least in some respects. Unmarried fathers, grandparents and step-parents are increasingly pressing their claims for extend…
Solo-Living, Demographic and Family Change
Solo-living is analytically separate from 'being single' and merits separate study. In most Western countries more men are solo-living than women at ages conventionally associated with co-resident partners and children. Discussions of 'demographic transition' and change in personal life however typically place women in the vanguard, to the relative neglect of men. We draw on European Social Survey data and relevant qualitative research from Europ…
Protection, Parity, or Promotion
Cohabitation law reform may be informed by different purposes. Three are considered in this paper: protection of parties at risk when relationships break down, parity of treatment between different forms of partnership, and the promotion of particular family forms. These are considered in relation to the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 in the context of recent evidence about public attitudes towards cohabitation. Public attitudes and the approach …
Mixed Messages
This article explores some issues arising when updating family law to keep pace with changes in family practices and values, in particular with changing patterns of parenting. It considers the extension of parental rights and responsibilities beyond the conventional boundaries of family law – to unmarried fathers, step-parents and grandparents – with reference to four different roles of family law. These roles are: protecting children, resolving …
Mutual Consent
This article examines the practice of negotiated out‐of‐court settlements in divorce proceedings. Despite being common, such settlements are relatively poorly examined. Here, evidence on the conduct of such settlements in Scotland is explored in an attempt to shed light on the benefits and defects of such agreements. A representative sample of such agreements is considered and evidence from a number of telephone interviews with parties to such ag…
Family Policy in Scotland
Family policy now has greater prominence in UK politics than ever before. These policies are developing in the context of major constitutional change across the UK, which has the potential for significant policy divergence. Devolution has generated greater interest in Scottish family policy, and how its policy processes have been reconfigured. New Scottish legal and policy initiatives with a family focus have emerged from both Westminster and Hol…
Financial Support on Divorce
It is clear that legislative attempts to delineate clear boundaries between different types of private maintenance after divorce obscure their pragmatic manipulation. Child support, spousal support, and a possible transfer of the family home are conceptually distinct, but contact with practitioners has demonstrated that they are regularly treated as components of an overall package of redistribution. This article is the product of two separate re…
Simulated Clients in 'Natural' Settings
In this paper, we outline the use of a data collection technique referred to as the 'simulated client' which was developed in order to gather information about how solicitors negotiate the financial aspects of divorce with clients. The purpose of the study was to examine how a specific piece of law reform is incorporated into the usual practice of solicitors. The setting was the solicitor's first meeting with a client seeking divorce. The intenti…
Solo-Living, Demographic and Family Change
Solo-living is analytically separate from 'being single' and merits separate study. In most Western countries more men are solo-living than women at ages conventionally associated with co-resident partners and children. Discussions of 'demographic transition' and change in personal life however typically place women in the vanguard, to the relative neglect of men. We draw on European Social Survey data and relevant qualitative research from Europ…
Fertility and Social Change
Attitude survey and interview data are mobilised to address neglect of men's contribution to low fertility and wider social change in families and relationships. Men's attitudes are as relevant as women's to understanding fertility behaviour. However, fertility behaviour can only be understood in the context of a package of changes in gender relations and family life. Data from a random sample of men aged 18-49 surveyed in the Scottish Social Att…
Reforming family law – the case of cohabitation
This article explores the findings of a recent research study examining the first three years' operation of new financial remedies between cohabitants following separation in Scots law in order to illustrate the phenomenon of unintended consequences arising from law reform, family law reform in particular
Another Child? Fertility Ideals, Resources and Opportunities
Mixed Messages
This article explores some issues arising when updating family law to keep pace with changes in family practices and values, in particular with changing patterns of parenting. It considers the extension of parental rights and responsibilities beyond the conventional boundaries of family law – to unmarried fathers, step-parents and grandparents – with reference to four different roles of family law. These roles are: protecting children, resolving …
Mutual Consent
This article examines the practice of negotiated out‐of‐court settlements in divorce proceedings. Despite being common, such settlements are relatively poorly examined. Here, evidence on the conduct of such settlements in Scotland is explored in an attempt to shed light on the benefits and defects of such agreements. A representative sample of such agreements is considered and evidence from a number of telephone interviews with parties to such ag…
Family Policy in Scotland
Family policy now has greater prominence in UK politics than ever before. These policies are developing in the context of major constitutional change across the UK, which has the potential for significant policy divergence. Devolution has generated greater interest in Scottish family policy, and how its policy processes have been reconfigured. New Scottish legal and policy initiatives with a family focus have emerged from both Westminster and Hol…
Child Contact Centers and Domestic Abuse
Child contact with a nonresident father who has perpetrated domestic abuse has gained policy and research attention. Both feminist social policy and family law research identify the role child contact centers can play in facilitating contact in these circumstances. Drawing from a literature review carried out by the authors, this article examines the priorities that underpin feminist social policy and family law disciplines and how these manifest…
Public attitudes and law reform
The demographic transformations of partnership and parenthood present fresh challenges for family law and the rules governing child contact following parental separation are no exception. As children are now more likely to live in non-traditional families and experience family transitions, more kin act as de-facto parents, at least in some respects. Unmarried fathers, grandparents and step-parents are increasingly pressing their claims for extend…
Protection, Parity, or Promotion
Cohabitation law reform may be informed by different purposes. Three are considered in this paper: protection of parties at risk when relationships break down, parity of treatment between different forms of partnership, and the promotion of particular family forms. These are considered in relation to the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 in the context of recent evidence about public attitudes towards cohabitation. Public attitudes and the approach …
Financial Support on Divorce
It is clear that legislative attempts to delineate clear boundaries between different types of private maintenance after divorce obscure their pragmatic manipulation. Child support, spousal support, and a possible transfer of the family home are conceptually distinct, but contact with practitioners has demonstrated that they are regularly treated as components of an overall package of redistribution. This article is the product of two separate re…
Simulated Clients in 'Natural' Settings
In this paper, we outline the use of a data collection technique referred to as the 'simulated client' which was developed in order to gather information about how solicitors negotiate the financial aspects of divorce with clients. The purpose of the study was to examine how a specific piece of law reform is incorporated into the usual practice of solicitors. The setting was the solicitor's first meeting with a client seeking divorce. The intenti…
Simulated Clients in 'Natural' Settings
In this paper, we outline the use of a data collection technique referred to as the 'simulated client' which was developed in order to gather information about how solicitors negotiate the financial aspects of divorce with clients. The purpose of the study was to examine how a specific piece of law reform is incorporated into the usual practice of solicitors. The setting was the solicitor's first meeting with a client seeking divorce. The intenti…
Financial Support on Divorce
It is clear that legislative attempts to delineate clear boundaries between different types of private maintenance after divorce obscure their pragmatic manipulation. Child support, spousal support, and a possible transfer of the family home are conceptually distinct, but contact with practitioners has demonstrated that they are regularly treated as components of an overall package of redistribution. This article is the product of two separate re…
Family Policy in Scotland
Family policy now has greater prominence in UK politics than ever before. These policies are developing in the context of major constitutional change across the UK, which has the potential for significant policy divergence. Devolution has generated greater interest in Scottish family policy, and how its policy processes have been reconfigured. New Scottish legal and policy initiatives with a family focus have emerged from both Westminster and Hol…
Mutual Consent
This article examines the practice of negotiated out‐of‐court settlements in divorce proceedings. Despite being common, such settlements are relatively poorly examined. Here, evidence on the conduct of such settlements in Scotland is explored in an attempt to shed light on the benefits and defects of such agreements. A representative sample of such agreements is considered and evidence from a number of telephone interviews with parties to such ag…
Mixed Messages
This article explores some issues arising when updating family law to keep pace with changes in family practices and values, in particular with changing patterns of parenting. It considers the extension of parental rights and responsibilities beyond the conventional boundaries of family law – to unmarried fathers, step-parents and grandparents – with reference to four different roles of family law. These roles are: protecting children, resolving …
Protection, Parity, or Promotion
Cohabitation law reform may be informed by different purposes. Three are considered in this paper: protection of parties at risk when relationships break down, parity of treatment between different forms of partnership, and the promotion of particular family forms. These are considered in relation to the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 in the context of recent evidence about public attitudes towards cohabitation. Public attitudes and the approach …
Public attitudes and law reform
The demographic transformations of partnership and parenthood present fresh challenges for family law and the rules governing child contact following parental separation are no exception. As children are now more likely to live in non-traditional families and experience family transitions, more kin act as de-facto parents, at least in some respects. Unmarried fathers, grandparents and step-parents are increasingly pressing their claims for extend…
Solo-Living, Demographic and Family Change
Solo-living is analytically separate from 'being single' and merits separate study. In most Western countries more men are solo-living than women at ages conventionally associated with co-resident partners and children. Discussions of 'demographic transition' and change in personal life however typically place women in the vanguard, to the relative neglect of men. We draw on European Social Survey data and relevant qualitative research from Europ…
Another Child? Fertility Ideals, Resources and Opportunities
Fertility and Social Change
Attitude survey and interview data are mobilised to address neglect of men's contribution to low fertility and wider social change in families and relationships. Men's attitudes are as relevant as women's to understanding fertility behaviour. However, fertility behaviour can only be understood in the context of a package of changes in gender relations and family life. Data from a random sample of men aged 18-49 surveyed in the Scottish Social Att…
Family justice in hard times
This paper presents the views of scholars from Australia, Canada, Scotland, France and Sweden on the current working of the Family Justice system in England and Wales, and comparing the experience here with those using the system in their own jurisdiction using vignettes describing a typical divorce and child protection case. The authors identify any special features of their own system which might be of interest here
Child Contact Centers and Domestic Abuse
Child contact with a nonresident father who has perpetrated domestic abuse has gained policy and research attention. Both feminist social policy and family law research identify the role child contact centers can play in facilitating contact in these circumstances. Drawing from a literature review carried out by the authors, this article examines the priorities that underpin feminist social policy and family law disciplines and how these manifest…
Reforming family law – the case of cohabitation
This article explores the findings of a recent research study examining the first three years' operation of new financial remedies between cohabitants following separation in Scots law in order to illustrate the phenomenon of unintended consequences arising from law reform, family law reform in particular
Political science (11 obras) · Sociology (11 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (7 obras) · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies (6 obras) · Family law (5 obras) · Geography (5 obras) · Business (4 obras) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 obras)