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Child Custody and Visitation Disputes in Sweden and the United States
A Study of Love, Justice, and Knowledge
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2013
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What are the social and cultural features that have the most impact on the interpretation of the legal standard, “best interest of the child”? One method for answering this question is through a comparison of two societies, Sweden and the United States, both of which apply the same legal standard to similar contested custody and visitation cases. This study views love, law, and knowledge as separate discourses. Love encompasses the interpretations of the actors whose claims arise from the emotions associated with care, concern, and relationships, namely parents, the children who are the subject of a case, and other family members. Justice encompasses the interpretations and claims which are made by judges, but its discourse includes the legal process and legal policies. Knowledge is encompassed by the concerns and claims of professionals and/or experts including social science discussions of care, welfare, and psychology and the interpretations and descriptions given by the professionals and experts regarding the actors in the cases. This book hypothesizes that a comparison of two societies that focuses on the interaction between the discourses of love, justice, and knowledge, in the process of decision-making in best interests of the child disputed custody cases, reveals features of decision-making that would be unavailable to researchers studying custody disputes in only one society.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-7134-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-7135-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
183
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Acknowledgments No access
Chapter One: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter Two: Laws, Process, Parental Roles, and Continuity No access Pages 15 - 28
Chapter Three: Transferring Residence No access Pages 29 - 46
Chapter Four: Professionals and Experts in Sweden and the US No access Pages 47 - 66
Chapter Five: Cases of Alienation or Problems in the Parents’ Relationship? No access Pages 67 - 84
Chapter Six: Parents’ Narratives of Care No access Pages 85 - 100
Chapter Seven: Violence and Abuse in the Parents’ Relationship No access Pages 101 - 116
Chapter Eight: Children’s Opinions in the US and Sweden No access Pages 117 - 132
Chapter Nine: Conclusion No access Pages 133 - 140
Appendix No access Pages 141 - 170
Reference List No access Pages 171 - 176
Index No access Pages 177 - 183
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