Trials and tribulations, trends and triumphs
Subtitle: developments in international, African and South African child and family law
By: edited by Julia Sloth-Nielsen, Zenobia du Toit.
Contributors: Sloth-Nielsen, Julia.; Du Toit, Zenobia.; Miller du Toit Cloete Inc.; University of the Western Cape. Faculty of Law.
Publisher: JUTA Law
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780702179488
Subjects: Children (International law) -- Congresses; Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Africa -- Congresses; Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- South Africa -- Congresses; Domestic relations (International law) -- Congresses; Domestic relations -- Africa -- Congresses; Domestic relations -- South Africa -- Congresses; Parent and child (Law); Parent and child (Law) -- Africa; Parent and child (Law) -- South Africa
Genres: Congresses
Other titles: Trials & tribulations, trends & triumphs
Notes: "Collected contributions from the International Miller du Toit Cloete Inc/UWC Conferences on Child and Family Law (2001-2008)."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Zenobia du Toit, Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Judy Cloete; title: Trials and tribulations, trends and triumphs : the state of the nation's child and family law and their institutions for the administration of justice / Julia Sloth-Nielsen; title: The globalisation of child and family law / Willie McCarney; title: Recognising relationships : the new role of the state / Claire L'Heureux-Dube; title: The co-ordination of European child and family law and the revised Brussels II Regulation / Henry Setright; title: Regional developments and the Hague Children's Conventions, and the draft Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other forms of family maintenance / William Duncan; title: The case for judicial activism / The Rt. Hon Lord Justice Thorpe; title: Law reform : the emerging protection of children in Botswana? / Monica Tabengwa, Awuah Khan & Partners; title: The Lesotho Child Protection and Welfare Bill 2004 : why the delays in enacting the children's law? / Itumeleng Kimane; title: The Child Law reform process in Southern Sudan / Akur Magot; title: Muslim personal law : an update / M.S. Navsa; title: Making rights real : facing the challenges of recognising Muslim marriages in South Africa / Rashida Manjoo; title: Still out in the cold? The Domestic Partnership Bill and the (non)protection of marginalised woman / Pierre de Vos; title: Mediation in the Children's Act 38 of 2005, and the mediation in family law / Craig Schneider; title: Revolutionary changes to the parent-child relationship in South Africa / Amanda Boniface; title: The increased jurisdiction of the children's courts and implications for family law practice in light of the new mechanisms that promote alternative dispute resolution / Denni Leppan and Jacqui Gallinetti; title: Family group conferencing in the proposed Chld Justice Bill : Implications for the child care system / Ann Skelton; title: Maintenance as a chld's rights issue : an analysis of recent decisions that give substance to the 'best interests of the child standar' / Pat Moodley; title: From Kramer versus Kramer to Batman and Robin : the concept of parental responsibility : a comparison of the Children Act 1989 with the South African Children's Act 2005 / Kharin Cox; title: Adoption of children : how we got there and current developments / Henry Setright; title: Special assignment : interpreting the right to legal representation in terms of section 28(1)(h) of the Constitution of South Africa / Ann Skelton; title: Children's right to legal representation in divorce proceedings : proposed guidelines concerning when a section 28(1)(h) legal practitioner might be deemed necessary or appropriate / Daksha Kassan; title: Practical implementation of representation for children / Upkaar Mungar; title: The role of the liaison judge under the Hague Convention / Ben Griesel; title: Increasing visibility and protection for children in conflict with the law : presentation on the manual for the measurement of juvenile justice indicators / Seamus MacRoibin; title: The development of family/divorce mediation in South Africa / Praveena Sukhraj-Ely; title: Publication of information pertaining to divorce proceedings / Ananda Louw.