Joint custody as an interpretation of the best interests of the child in critical and comparative perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12583299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Kurki-Suonio (Council of State, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 183-205 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Law Policy and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-9939 • E-ISSN: 1464-3707 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/lawfam/14.3.183 |
| OpenAlex | W2084211244 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
In most western countries there is now a certain cultural consensus that joint custody is the best alternative for children when their parents separate or divorce. Joint parental custody can thus be regarded as the current cultural interpretation of the best interests principle. Taking a historical perspective, we encounter two additional cultural interpretations, namely, maternal preference and the psychological parent. Three different factors which have evolved simultaneously are brought out in comparative analysis of the development of these three different custodial ideals: the contribution of psychological experts to the child custody debate, gender roles in child care, and the meaning of divorce and separation from the perspective of children's need for protection, ie principally from the perspective of state intervention. In the second part of the article I use the cultural analysis to examine critically the current interpretation of the joint custody principle in Finland, comparing it to the English concept of parental responsibility
Criminology · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Joint (building · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · European and International Law Studies · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Law · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.79 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |