Regulating Family Law in Federations
The Impact of De/Centralization, Religion, and International Treaties on Abortion and Child Marriage Policies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10933871 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jill Vickers (Carleton University Ottawa, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/publius/pjac014 |
| OpenAlex | W4282000494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
There has been little study of the effects of federalism on the regulation and reform of family law (FL). This article addresses that gap by identifying variables that affect two aspects of FL: child marriage and abortion. The underlying research question is what conditions make it easier to reform discriminatory FL in one federation compared to another. FL involves multiple rules governing marriage, divorce, custody, adoption, and often inheritance and family property use. Many gender scholars also include reproductive self-determination, specifically abortion. FL rules also have multiple elements: e.g., marriage regulations govern age, “race,” sex, domicile, etc., that often differ across constituent units. The main variable examined is the extent of centralization, because the dominant pattern of regulation in these cases is centralized legislation and decentralized implementation. The other two variables explored are religion and international norms-building and their effects on FL regulation and reform
Abortion · Affect (linguistics) · Family law · Federalism · Inheritance (genetic algorithm) · Law and economics · Legislation · Political science · Pregnancy · Race (biology) · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law
Democracy and Development
Gender and the Constitution
State Power, Religion, and Women's Rights
Australia's Fragmented Family Law System
Contesting Women's Rights
Women, Demography, and Politics
Coverture and Capitalism
Federalism and Women’s Representation
Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Theorizing Dynamic De/Centralization in Federations
A Two-Way Street
Federalism and Equality Rights Implementation in Canada
What Is the Relationship between Inequity in Family Law and Violence against Women? Approaching the Issue of Legal Enclaves
Are Debates about “Morality Policy” Really about Morality? Framing Opposition to Gay and Lesbian Rights
Demography and the Future of Democracy
Making Abortion Laws in Mexico
Territorial Pluralism and Family-Law Reform
Federalism, two-level games and the politics of abortion rights implementation in subnational Argentina
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |