Failure to Flourish

How Law Undermines Family Relationships

Clare Huntington (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2014
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-538576-2 (ISBN)

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Exploring the connection between families and inequality, Failure to Flourish: How Law Undermines Family Relationships argues that the legal regulation of families stands fundamentally at odds with the needs of families. Strong, stable, positive relationships are essential for both individuals and society to flourish, but from transportation policy to the criminal justice system, and from divorce rules to the child welfare system, the legal system makes it harder for parents to provide children with these kinds of relationships, exacerbating the growing inequality in America. Failure to Flourish contends that we must re-orient the legal system to help families avoid crises and, when conflicts arise, intervene in a manner that heals relationships. To understand how wrong our family law system has gone and what we need to repair it, Failure to Flourish takes us from ancient Greece to cutting-edge psychological research, and from the chaotic corridors of local family courts to a quiet revolution under way in how services are provided to families in need.
Incorporating the latest insights of positive psychology and social science research, the book sets forth a new, more emotionally intelligent vision for a legal system that not only resolves conflict but actively encourages the healthy relationships that are at the core of a stable society.

Clare Huntington is a law professor at Fordham University Law School, where she teaches and writes about family law and poverty law. Professor Huntington's extensive legal experience includes clerking on the U.S. Supreme Court and serving as an Attorney Adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to international development experience in India and Senegal, Professor Huntington has worked as a social worker in New York City's foster care system. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College and her J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Introduction ; Part I: Positive Relationships and Negative Family Law ; Chapter 1: The Place of Relationships ; Chapter 2: Families in Transition and Families in Crisis ; Chapter 3: The State's Role in Relationships ; Chapter 4: Negative Family Law ; Part II: Flourishing Family Law ; Chapter 5: A New Vision for Resolving Family Disputes ; Chapter 6: Implementing the Vision ; Chapter 7: A New Vision for Structuring Family Relationships ; Chapter 8: Implementing the Vision, Part II ; Chapter 9: The Limits of Flourishing Family Law ; Conclusion ; Index

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 240 mm
Gewicht	592 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Familienrecht
ISBN-10	0-19-538576-4 / 0195385764
ISBN-13	978-0-19-538576-2 / 9780195385762
Zustand	Neuware