CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN EUROPEAN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS: WHY ARE FAMILY PRACTICES SO DIFFERENT FROM LEGAL THEORIES?

Debates about child custody following parental separation often have been framed in terms of a battle between the competing rights of different family members. In the United States, advocates of mothers’ rights square off against proponents of fathers’ rights, with each side claiming to truly represent children's rights. Of course, not all advocates lay claim to children's rights in contact and custody disputes merely as a tactical maneuver. Some experts believe that children are entitled to (and benefit from) their own, independent legal advocate in custody cases. In theory, at least, the position that children lay claim to a third set of independent rights is strongly held in Europe, more strongly than in many U.S. states, because of the adoption of United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Europe, but not in the United States. In this article, we examine children's rights in custody disputes from a European perspective, particularly children's legal right to contact with their parents, as well as the children's right to be heard in custody and contact disputes. We find that, despite differences in legal theory, tradition, and family demographics, European countries ultimately face a familiar reality: Custody and contact disputes are, in reality, more about renegotiating family relationships than they are a matter of a mother's, father's, or child's rights.     

Displaced Persons,Family Separation and the Work Contract in Postwar Australia

ABSTRACT

This article focuses on the migrant family in postwar Australia. The Commonwealth government’s two-year work contract scheme had significant effects on the initial settlement experience of displaced persons (DPs)—particularly, through the family separation that the contract enforced. Family reunification was afforded in accordance with an occasionally callous and pragmatic concern for maintaining a directable pool of labour. In this regard, the scheme and the available hostels and centres, while extensive in their bureaucracy and administrative reach, were woefully unprepared for the needs and wants of DPs, specifically the need for family unity during the initial settlement process. In drawing on archival sources, this article explores bureaucratic practices, and responses to DP resistance and dismay in the face of family separation.     

《民法典》传统基因与民族特色的法理解析

我国民法典汲取了优秀传统法文化,带有鲜明的民族特色。传统法文化既形塑了民法典的独特人文精神,也对其制度建构深具启示。在精神牵引上,传统文化的德法合治影响了民法典浓厚的道德关怀,重视抽象化的人之德性价值为人格权独立成篇提供了哲理论证,传统民本精神、“法顺人情”、天人合一思想、诚信文化都有其精神传承。在民法典制度安排上,继承了传统的典章治理智慧和通过法典化增强民族认同的政治使命,“有典有册”、律例统编的传统形式启发了民法典简约的立法技术。此外,在具体制度上,传统家事法律制度深刻影响了婚姻家庭编,传统典权制度为农村土地“三权分置”进行了历史论证。民法典对民族特色的彰显并非偶然,其原因在于民法典是民族特质的法意凝练,法治发展趋势要求从法律移植到“中国之治”,通过民法典提振民族精神也具有世界经验。但传统法文化影响不能过度拔高,其诸多人文主张仅停留在观念层次,而缺乏制度建构。应对传统观念进行现代化的制度转换与批判性继承,引领新的社会文明。     

家庭小说视野中的《行人》

夏目漱石的十年创作生涯正值家庭小说发展、鼎盛的时代。家庭小说的女主人公多为贤妻良母的理想形象,体现了文学与国家意识形态的互动关系。《行人》中的阿直是处于贤妻良母和新女性之间的存在。前者将家庭矛盾的焦点设定于夫妻关系之外,丈夫多关注妻子肉体上的贞操。后者中的一郎则因不能把握阿直的内心和灵魂而苦恼,家族制度的重压酿成夫妻双方的悲剧。     

唐代奴仆告主现象考论

唐代传世文献关于告主奴仆具体身份之描述扑朔迷离,且多有彰显奴仆＂家人＂身份之旨趣。告主家奴、家僮、役人、从人等称谓互通的特殊现象,是唐代家庭结构深刻变化与贱民地位相对提高的真实反映,而这种变化在法律制度层面之重要表达路径,即为奴仆容隐其主原则的确立。     

REEVALUATING WHERE WE STAND: A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF AMERICA'S FAMILY JUSTICE SYSTEMS

The call for court reform remains critical in the face of the growing complexity of burgeoning family law cases nationwide. Many states have restructured their court systems using the unified family court model, resolving legal, personal, emotional, and social disputes with the aim of improving the well‐being of families and children. Other states utilize the traditional approach, resulting in cases being handled in a fragmented, time‐consuming and expensive manner. In this article, Professor Barbara A. Babb presents the results of her nationwide survey regarding how each state handles family law matters. The survey is a follow‐up to her comprehensive 1998 survey and her 2002 survey update. The results of the recent analysis reveal that a total of thirty‐eight states now have either statewide family courts, family courts in selected areas of the state, or pilot or planned family courts, representing seventy‐five percent of states. The number of states without a specialized or separate system to handle family law matters has decreased from seventeen states in 1998 to thirteen in 2006. These changes are significant when one considers the complexities involved in court reform. The need for court reform remains an urgent one, as family law cases occupy a significant percentage of court dockets across the country. Families and children deserve a court system where justice is effective and efficient and where their legal, personal, emotional, and social needs are resolved in a therapeutic and holistic manner.     

论家庭思想政治教育主体间性的现代转型

家庭思想政治教育主体间性是把家长和孩子放在同等的主体地位,强调在教育过程中家庭成员的双向交流与互动,帮助个体实现社会化,帮助家庭实现和谐全面发展。主体间性家庭思想政治教育具有人本性、交互性、发展性和主动性特征,家庭社会化和反向社会化家庭成员的互相学习,仍是现代家庭思想政治教育的理想模式。     

生态位视角下我国家族企业治理探讨

借助生态学中的生态位理论分析我国家族企业治理问题,是一个全新的研究视角.生态位对我国家族企业治理具有重要影响,在生态位理论的基础上,通过对家族企业治理中的生态位约束进行分析,可以发现和提出改善我国家族企业治理的新思路.     

农村困难家庭危房改造政策的绩效评价——以浙江杭州为例

农村困难家庭危房改造是由农村低保危房家庭自愿提出申请,政府予以补助,采用新建、改建、扩建、修缮、置换、租用等方式实行住房救助的一项公共政策。本文通过国内外公共政策绩效评估方法回顾,结合农村困难家庭危房改造绩效表达的特殊性,从直接绩效和带动绩效两个维度,采用综合分析和民意调查相结合的方法,比较分析各利益相关者的目标实现程度和带动效应。直接绩效主要表现在救助受益面扩大,改造任务超额完成;公平公正凸现,最困难群众得到优先救助;居住条件改善,困难家庭居住品质明显提高;惠民政策整合,困难家庭建房负担减轻;工作机制创新,危房改造政策绩效显现。带动效应主要表现为促进了困难群众就业增收,密切了党群关系,促进了社会和谐,加快了城乡一体化进程。但是,由于危房改造面对的是农村最困难的群体,工作推进难度大,需要解决的矛盾多,需要采取相应措施进一步完善。     

抑郁治疗的心理学疗法述评

在浅析精神分析、行为主义、人本主义、认知学派对抑郁成因解释的同时简要介绍了目前抑郁临床治疗中所使用的各心理学疗法。并在进一步分析各疗法利弊的同时对存在主义学派的Frankl首创的意义疗法进行详细介绍,旨在通过对抑郁精神层面的意义分析,为抑郁治疗提供新的启示。