DOCSLIB.ORG

Legal Services in Family Law

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Legal Services in Family Law LEGAL SERVICES IN FAMILY LAW Rosemary Hunter, with Ann Genovese, Angela Melville and April Chrzanowski December 2000 JUSTICE RESEARCH CENTRE ISBN 0 909136 74 2 © Law Foundation of New South Wales December 2000 Published by the Law Foundation of New South Wales on behalf of the Justice Research Centre Any opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Law Foundation’s Board of Governors, the Justice Research Centre’s Advisory Board, or the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department or Department of Finance. This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in part or in whole for educational purposes as long as proper credit is given to the Justice Research Centre and its contributors. Participants Project manager Prof. Rosemary Hunter Research design, data collection and analysis April Chrzanowski Dr. Ann Genovese Shelley Hampton Angela Melville Natalina Nheu Prof. Ted Wright Research Assistants Cate Banks Jenny Beard Justin Beplate Carolyn Morris iv Steering Committee The Hon. Justice Sally Brown, Family Court of Australia Dr. Margaret Browne, First Assistant Secretary, Family Law and Legal Assistance Division, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department Mr. David Bulloch, Managing Solicitor, Parks Legal Service, South Australia Ms. Catherine Carney, Principal Solicitor, Women’s Legal Resources Centre, NSW Prof. Hilary Charlesworth, Director, Centre for International and Public Law, Faculty of Law, Australian National University Mr. Robert Cornall, (then) Managing Director, Victoria Legal Aid Mr. Mike Cramsie, (then) Director, Legal Aid Commission of NSW Mr. Chris Hayward, Commonwealth Department of Finance Ms. Annemaree Lanteri, Partner, Wisewoulds Solicitors Mr. Graham Russell, Manager, Family Law, Legal Services Commission of South Australia Ms. Judith Ryan, (then) Manager, Family Law, Legal Aid Commission of NSW Bret Walker SC, Past President, Law Council of Australia External Reviewers Professor John Dewar, Dean, Faculty of Law, Griffith University Dr. Belinda Fehlberg, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Family Studies This research project was funded by the Commonwealth Attorney- General’s Department and Department of Finance and Administration. v The Justice Research Centre thanks the following people who assisted significantly with the research and/or writing of this report: The Hon. Chief Justice Alistair Nicholson, AO RFD, and Justice Sally Brown, Family Court of Australia. Dr. Kathryn Cronin, Deputy President, and Mr. Matt Hall, Research Officer, Australian Law Reform Commission. Mr. Ian Dunn, CEO, and Ms. Bernadette Forbes, Specialist Accreditation Programs, Law Institute of Victoria. Mr. Robert Cornall, former Managing Director, Ms. Kay Robertson, General Manager, and Ms. Feodora Fomin, Victoria Legal Aid. Mr. Kevin White, Responsible Legal Officer, Family Law Committee, and Ms. Jeanette Seymour, Specialist Accreditation Programs, Law Society of NSW. Ms. Judith Ryan, former Manager, Family Law Section, Ms. Louise Nicholls, Parramatta Office, Ms. Kim O’Rourke and Ms. Liana Zavisic, Legal Aid Commission of NSW. Mr. Jim Hartnett, former Director, Mr. Peter Haskett, former Acting Director, Mr. Graham Russell, Manager, Family Law, and Ms. Heather Holtze, Legal Services Commission of South Australia. Ms. Michie McNamara, Specialist Accreditation Programs, and members of the Access to Justice and Family Law Committees, Queensland Law Society. Mr. John Hodgins, CEO, and Ms. Jennifer McArdle, former Executive Legal Officer, Legal Aid Queensland. Ms. Annemaree Lanteri, Wisewoulds Solicitors. Mr. Paul Lewis, Thorntons Solicitors. Mr. Ray Matcham, Conways Solicitors. Mr. Bruce Doyle, President, Family Law Practitioners Association of Queensland. Mr. Joe Pinder, Pescott Reaston Solicitors. vi Ms. Susan Pattison, Pattison Hardman Costs Consultants. Mr. Jonathon Halls, Education Officer, Office of the Legal Services Commissioner, NSW. Mr. Grant Parsons, Office of the Legal Ombudsman, Victoria. Mr. Chris Staniforth, CEO, ACT Legal Aid Office and Chair, National Legal Aid. Mr. Tony Westmore, Coordinator, National Association of Community Legal Centres. The solicitors who participated in the exploratory discussion panel on quality of legal services in family law, and the solicitors and clients who took part in the comparative study, all of whom gave generously of their time to assist in the research. Table of Contents Summary of Key Findings xi 1 Introduction 1 Objectives of the Research 3 Family Law Legal Aid in Australia 4 Literature Review 9 Legal Aid Reports and Commentaries 10 Legal Aid Delivery Systems 16 Costs and Fees 22 Quality of Legal (Aid) Services 24 Lawyer–Client (and Lawyer–Lawyer, and Lawyer/Client–Legal System) Relations 31 2 Methodology and Responses 41 Recruitment of Lawyers 44 Profiles of Participating Firms and Lawyers 48 Legal Aid Commissions 52 Recruitment of Clients 54 Files Analysed 58 Client Demographics 58 Reasons for Litigation 60 Case Profiles 62 Dispute Resolution 64 Client Surveys 66 Client Demographics 67 Case Profiles 69 Reliability of Data 71 File Data 71 Survey Responses 72 Lawyer Interviews 75 viii 3 Inputs 77 Client Demographics 77 Cases 79 Demands and Difficulties 82 Phone Calls, Correspondence and Personal Attendances 92 Dealings with Others 97 Court Documents and Attendances 100 Distribution of Solicitors’ Activities 104 Briefing Counsel 108 Number of Lawyers Involved in the Case 114 Status and Experience of Solicitors 115 Conclusions 119 4 Outcomes 125 Time 126 Predictability of the Length of the Case 126 Delay 133 The Impact of Funding Status 144 Clients’ Views of Time 152 Conclusions on Time 155 Stage of Resolution 156 Method of Resolution 160 Terms of Resolution 161 Predictability of Outcomes 161 Normal Range of Outcomes 165 Actual Outcomes 168 Outcomes Related to Issues in the Case 174 Outcomes Compared to Orders Sought 177 Client Satisfaction with Outcomes 181 Won or Lost the Case 182 Quality of Outcome 183 Expectations of the Outcome 184 Overall Satisfaction with Outcome 187 Outcome Related to Funding Status 190 Ongoing Issues 191 Conclusions 193 ix 5 Funding and Costs 197 Expensive Elements of a Family Law Case 197 Strategies to Reduce Costs 200 Unbundled Services 200 Pro Bono Work 204 Cases Funded by Legal Aid 209 Difficulties with Legal Aid 209 Amount of Legal Aid Funding 221 The Level of the Funding Cap in Individual Cases 231 Transaction Costs of Dealing with the Legal Aid Commission 233 Changes in the Amount of Legal Aid Work 242 Costs in Self-funding Cases 249 Predicting the Cost of the Case and Cost Estimates 249 Billing 252 Amount of Costs and Cost Drivers 255 Affordability of Costs and the ‘Ordinarily Prudent Self-Funding Litigant’ 258 Effect of the Client’s Resources on the Running of the Case 260 Clients’ Views on Value for Money 264 Cases with Both Types of Funding 266 The Other Party’s Funding 268 Effects of Different Funding Status 269 Effects of Resource Disparity 275 Conclusions 277 6 Client Satisfaction 281 Dispute Resolution Processes 281 Legal Services 289 Overall Satisfaction 291 Taking Instructions 292 Lawyers’ Knowledge of Law and Court Processes 294 Client Service 294 Would Clients Use the Same Lawyer Again? 300 Legally-Aided and Self-Funding Clients 301 Conclusions 302 x 7 Quality of Legal Services 307 Exploratory Research on Quality 309 Findings from the Solicitor Interviews 312 Skills 313 Managing Expectations 315 Importance of the Client’s Background to Service Delivery Standards 320 Accreditation versus Acculturation 321 Experience 327 A Conciliatory Culture (?) 328 A Unique Practice Area 340 Conclusions 343 8 Conclusion 349 Appendix 1 — Commonwealth Legal Aid Guidelines, July 1997 355 Appendix 2 — File Coding Sheet 373 Appendix 3 — Lawyer Interview Questions 387 Appendix 4 — Client Survey 395 Summary of Key Findings This study compared the services received by legally-aided and self- funded clients, and the services provided to legally-aided clients by private solicitors and Legal Aid Commission in-house solicitors, in family law. The study involved client surveys, a review of solicitors’ files and interviews with solicitors. The services provided to family law clients were compared in terms of solicitors’ activities and status, outcomes, funding and costs, client satisfaction, and service quality. The detailed data gathered also enabled some comparison of the services received by self- funding clients with higher and lower incomes, and yielded significant insights into family law clients, cases and proceedings, and into the sources and content of the quality standards applied by family lawyers. In brief, the findings of the study in relation to the basic questions posed were as follows: • Legal aid clients are systematically disadvantaged by the limited resources available for their cases, restrictions on the types of matters they are able to pursue, the processes of decision-making and surveillance to which they are subject in connection with the grant of aid, and, to a lesser extent, the quantity of services provided. However, legal aid clients do not appear to be disadvantaged in relation to outcomes achieved or the quality of the services they receive. • Legal Aid Commission in-house lawyers appear to operate more efficiently and effectively than do private sector legal aid lawyers. While they undertake fewer activities per case on average, they achieve quicker outcomes, which are closer to what the client originally wanted, and with no discernible difference in
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Light Shadows: Loose Adaptations of Gothic Literature in American TV Series of the 1960S and Early 1970S
    TV/Series 12 | 2017 Littérature et séries télévisées/Literature and TV series Light Shadows: Loose Adaptations of Gothic Literature in American TV Series of the 1960s and early 1970s Dennis Tredy Electronic version URL: http://journals.openedition.org/tvseries/2200 DOI: 10.4000/tvseries.2200 ISSN: 2266-0909 Publisher GRIC - Groupe de recherche Identités et Cultures Electronic reference Dennis Tredy, « Light Shadows: Loose Adaptations of Gothic Literature in American TV Series of the 1960s and early 1970s », TV/Series [Online], 12 | 2017, Online since 20 September 2017, connection on 01 May 2019. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/tvseries/2200 ; DOI : 10.4000/tvseries.2200 This text was automatically generated on 1 May 2019. TV/Series est mis à disposition selon les termes de la licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification 4.0 International. Light Shadows: Loose Adaptations of Gothic Literature in American TV Series o... 1 Light Shadows: Loose Adaptations of Gothic Literature in American TV Series of the 1960s and early 1970s Dennis Tredy 1 In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, in a somewhat failed attempt to wrestle some high ratings away from the network leader CBS, ABC would produce a spate of supernatural sitcoms, soap operas and investigative dramas, adapting and borrowing heavily from major works of Gothic literature of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The trend began in 1964, when ABC produced the sitcom The Addams Family (1964-66), based on works of cartoonist Charles Addams, and CBS countered with its own The Munsters (CBS, 1964-66) –both satirical inversions of the American ideal sitcom family in which various monsters and freaks from Gothic literature and classic horror films form a family of misfits that somehow thrive in middle-class, suburban America.
    [Show full text]
  • Property and Financial Matters Upon the Breakdown of De Facto Relationships
    CFCA PAPER NO. 24 2014 Property and financial matters upon the breakdown of de facto relationships Rachel Carson Reforms introduced in 2009 to the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) have meant that most same- sex and opposite-sex de facto couples (in all states and territories except Western Australia) who end their relationships can now have their property and financial matters dealt with in substantially the same way as married people. This paper aims to provide non-legal professionals in the family law sector with a general outline of the relevant reforms, their genesis, and the arguments in favour of and against their introduction. Please note: The content of this paper is intended only to provide general information in summary form. It is not legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. Legal and other professional advice should be sought by you or your organisation. KEY MESSAGES The 2009 reforms to the Family Law Act (Cth) brought most Australian same-sex and opposite-sex de facto couples within the federal family law system for the resolution of their property and financial matters upon separation. The reforms introduced a definition of de facto relationship and provided guidance to assist in determining whether a de facto relationship may be said to exist. The reforms enable access to property settlement and maintenance for most separated de facto couples in terms substantially the same as those available for married couples. The reforms enable most de facto couples to enter into Binding Financial Agreements, prior to commencing their relationship, during their relationship and upon separation.
    [Show full text]
  • Norman Liebmann Papers
    http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8h99bfn No online items Norman Liebmann Papers Finding aid created by Writers Guild Foundation Archive staff using RecordEXPRESS Writers Guild Foundation Archive 7000 West Third Street Los Angeles, California 90048 (323) 782-4680 [email protected] https://www.wgfoundation.org/archive/ 2019 Norman Liebmann Papers WGF-MS-066 1 Descriptive Summary Title: Norman Liebmann Papers Dates: 1958-1996 Collection Number: WGF-MS-066 Creator/Collector: Liebmann, Norman, 1928-2010 Extent: 28.5 linear feet, 21 record boxes and 2 archival boxes Repository: Writers Guild Foundation Archive Los Angeles, California 90048 Abstract: The Norman Liebmann Collection consists of produced and unproduced television scripts, feature films, book manuscripts, short stories, and plays written by Liebmann. The highlight of the collection relates to development materials, drawings, notes, correspondence, contracts, synopses, outlines, scripts and press clippings for the television series The Munsters, which Liebman co-developed. In addition, the collection contains jokes, sketches and scripts for late-night and variety luminaries Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Gene Rayburn, Gene Kelly and Johnny Carson and scripts for popular shows like Chico and the Man and Good Times. Additional materials include pitch documents, outlines and scripts for unproduced TV series and films. Additionally, this collection includes unpublished book manuscripts, short stories, and plays. Language of Material: English Access Available by appointment only. Most materials stored offsite. One week advance notice required for retrieval. Publication Rights The responsibility to secure copyright and publication permission rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation Norman Liebmann Papers. Writers Guild Foundation Archive Acquisition Information Donated by wife Shirley Liebmann on January 29, 2016.
    [Show full text]
  • Australian Family Property Law: 'Just and Equitable' Outcomes?
    JOBNAME: No Job Name PAGE: 85 SESS: 21 OUTPUT: Wed Aug 1 21:34:08 2018 /journals/journal/ajfl/vol32pt1/part_1 Australian family property law: ‘Just and equitable’ outcomes? Belinda Fehlberg and Lisa Sarmas* In this article we focus on the broad discretion under Australia’s Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) to reallocate interests in property of spouses and separating de facto partners. We look at previous empirical research on the discretion’s operation and consider options for change. We identify that there is a lack of up-to-date empirical research data on the discretion’s operation, and that there is potential risk and possibly limited effect associated with legislative reform in this area. Yet the consistent empirical research finding that women, particularly mothers with dependent children, experience significant economic disadvantage post-separation leads us to see some merit in legislative reform that identifies the need to provide for the material and economic security of the parties and their dependent children as key factors to be considered when making property orders. I Introduction Our article examines the broad discretion under Australia’s Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) (‘FLA’) to reallocate interests in property of spouses and, since 2009, separating de facto partners1 in the light of previous empirical research on the discretion’s operation. Although acknowledging the lack of up-to-date empirical research data on the discretion’s operation, and the potential risks and possibly limited effect of legislative reform, the consistent empirical research finding that women, particularly mothers with dependent2 children, experience significant economic disadvantage post-separation prompts us to formulate a proposal for legislative change that identifies the need to provide for the material and economic security of the parties and their dependent children as key factors to be considered when making property orders.
    [Show full text]
  • Part Company: Spousal Maintenance Under the Australian Family Law Act Geoff Wilson
    FEBRUARY 2018 Part Company: Spousal Maintenance under the Australian Family Law Act Geoff Wilson Author details Geoff Wilson Partner Accredited Family Law Specialist Fellow of IAFL P +61 7 3024 0360 E [email protected] Part Company: Spousal Maintenance under the Australian Family Law Act c. Unless both of these conditions 2. The liability of a party to a marriage Background are satisfied there is no maintenance to maintain the other party that is liability between spouses (Budding imposed by sections 72(1) / 90SF(1) is [2009] FamCAFC 165) crystalized by the making of an order The “clean break” principle to spousal under section 74(1) / 90SE(1) which maintenance is ensconced in sections As to “adequate support” refer to provides: 81 and 90ST of the Family Law Act Brown (2007) FLC ¶93-316; Bevan 1975 (Commonwealth of Australia) (1995) FLC ¶92-600; Nutting (1978) FLC “In proceedings with respect to the which provides: ¶90-410 and the following: maintenance of a party to a marriage / [After the breakdown of a de facto “the court shall, as far as practicable, a. There is no fettering principle that relationship], the court may make such make such orders as will finally pre-separation standard of living must order as it considers proper for the determine the financial relationships automatically be awarded where the provision of maintenance in accordance between the parties to the marriage respondent’s means permit it (Bevan); with this Part.” and avoid further proceedings b. The word ‘adequately’ is not to between them.” be determined according to any fixed 3.
    [Show full text]
  • Geology at Western DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Michigan University
    GEOLOGY An occasional newsletter for alumni and friends. October 2002 at SMU Survey of graduates shows: Geology is always a good bet! ur summer alumni survey showed the importance of career opportunities in oil and gas exploration to Oour graduates while illustrating the success of our graduates who choose to pursue careers in research and educa- tion. After receiving several questions about the job market in geology, we sent out approximately 600 questionnaires using our active mailing list to gather data on career paths of our alumni. The responses came in over the summer from alumni from every de- cade starting with the 1930’s. The number of responses from each decade mimicked the total number of degrees granted in that de- cade; the total responses exceeded 25%. While SMU was founded in 1911, the first earth science de- gree was granted in 1920. The master’s degree program was started after World War II and the Ph.D. program granted its first degree in 1967 (see page 3). The registrar tells us that 735 people have earned degrees in earth science at SMU. This averages out to roughly 9 degree holders per year. The maximum number of degrees granted (37) occurred with the class 1949, probably the result of the GI bill and the attractiveness of geology in Texas. As a group of Texas graduates, it is not surprising that the participation rate has been and continues to be high in the petro- leum industry. To the present, it appears to be highest among holders of the bachelor of arts degree, decreasing to about 10% at Proportion of Responses/Degrees the Ph.D.
    [Show full text]
  • Family Law Issues and Schools: Guidance for Australian Educators
    FAMILY LAW ISSUES AND SCHOOLS: GUIDANCE FOR AUSTRALIAN EDUCATORS D o n n a Co o p e r 1 Qu e e n s l a n d Un i v e r s i t y o f Te c h n o l o g y , Br i s b a n e , Au s t r a l i a K y l i e Pe r k i n s & Ga r y Co u p e r * Co u p e r Ge y s e n , Br i s b a n e , Au s t r a l i a A substantial number o f Australian children are now living in separated families, with many moving between their parents’ homes. This has led to educators being confronted with an increasing number offamily law issues. This article discusses the key aspects offamily law that involve children. It highlights the need for schools to be aware o f all family law orders that relate to children in their care, including family court, domestic violence and child protection orders. It also provides guidance in relation to how schools can adopt child focused approaches in some common scenarios, where parents are in dispute. In particular, we will recommend that educators take a child-focused approach, consistent with the principal provision o f the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) that ‘the best interests o f the child’ be the paramount consideration. We will highlight how this contrasts starkly with what can be described as a ‘parental rights’ interpretation, which has unfortunately been taken by some since the 2006 amendments to the Family Law Act, and is, in our view, directly at odds with the intention o f the legislation.
    [Show full text]
  • The Liveryman Review 2019-2020
    The Liveryman Review 2019-2020 AdéleAdèle Thorpe Alison Gowman Caroline Walsh David Bradshaw David Pearson David Skidmore Douglas Wagland Elaine Clack Emma Edhem Jackie Jo Mabbutt Joanna Migdal Judy Tayler-Smith Julie Fox Katy Thorpe Liz Wicksteed Martin Ashton Mavis Gold Michel Saminaden Mike Wicksteed Pam Taylor Penrose Roger Southam Rosemary Guest Steven Wilson Tony Smart Valerie Ann Boakes William G Thomas Council 2019-2020 Contents President’s Review ..................................................................................................................2 President’s diary 2019-2020 ........................................................................................................................4 Incoming President’s Agenda .....................................................................................................................6 List of Officers and Council 2020-2021 .............................................................................................7 Our New Home and a Bit of History ....................................................................................................8 A Clerk’s Reflection ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Pre-Pandemic Event Reviews AGM & Installation Dinner – 6th November ........................................................................... 11 Red Cross Christmas Market – 25th/26th November ......................................................... 15 Ngâti
    [Show full text]
  • SMU Research, Volume 1 Office of Public Affairs
    Southern Methodist University SMU Scholar SMU Research Magazine Office of Research and Graduate Studies 1-1-1993 SMU Research, Volume 1 Office of Public Affairs Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.smu.edu/research_magazine Recommended Citation Office of Public Affairs, "SMU Research, Volume 1" (1993). SMU Research Magazine. 5. https://scholar.smu.edu/research_magazine/5 This document is brought to you for free and open access by the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at SMU Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in SMU Research Magazine by an authorized administrator of SMU Scholar. For more information, please visit http://digitalrepository.smu.edu. VOLUME 1 FALL 1993 4 On The Cover: Our Hispanic Past 6 Write It Down, Work It Out 8 When Smaller Means More 10 Building A Better Plastic SM U R SEE A R ~ Hmagazine has been created to provide a window on research being conducted at Southern Methodist University. It fulfills a long-felt need, and SMU make it a regular publication in the future. Research at a university can be categorized in many ways. The nature of research depends the discipline as well as the individual. Research can be sponsored or unsponsored, theoretical out by faculty or students. In a brief magazine it is impossible to do justice to all the varieties most of SMU's research and offered a view of its vitality, diversity, and depth. guished researchers in history, chemistry, psychology, and electrical engineering. Departments offer doctoral degree programs are profiled through the research interests of their faculty. carried out university-wide is provided in selected faculty publications.
    [Show full text]
  • The Consequences of Extending Equitable Property Division Divorce Laws to Cohabitants
    DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES IZA DP No. 12102 The Consequences of Extending Equitable Property Division Divorce Laws to Cohabitants Abraham Chigavazira Hayley Fisher Tim Robinson Anna Zhu JANUARY 2019 DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES IZA DP No. 12102 The Consequences of Extending Equitable Property Division Divorce Laws to Cohabitants Abraham Chigavazira Anna Zhu University of Melbourne, Melbourne Insti- University of Melbourne, Melbourne Insti- tute: Applied Economic and Social Research tute: Applied Economic and Social Re- search, Life Course Centre and IZA Hayley Fisher University of Sydney and IZA Tim Robinson University of Melbourne, Melbourne Insti- tute: Applied Economic and Social Research JANUARY 2019 Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world’s largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. IZA – Institute of Labor Economics Schaumburg-Lippe-Straße 5–9 Phone: +49-228-3894-0 53113 Bonn, Germany Email: [email protected] www.iza.org IZA DP No.
    [Show full text]
  • N O V E M B E R 2 0
    Published by the American Recorder Society, Vol. XLV, No. 5 november 2004 Adding Percussion to Medieval and Renaissance Music by Peggy Monroe Just as you wouldn’t use saxophones to play Medieval music, there are appropriate percussion instruments to use for added color in early music, especially in music for dancing. Monroe suggests how to choose instruments and provides ideas for playing them, caring for them, and using them cre- atively on your own. Order this information booklet and others in the series: ARS Information Booklets: Recorder Care, by Scott Paterson American Recorder Music, by Constance Primus Music for Mixed Ensembles, by Jennifer W. Lehmann Improve Your Consort Skills, by Susan (Prior) Carduelis Playing Music for the Dance, by Louise Austin The Burgundian Court and Its Music, coordinated by Judith Whaley Adding Percussion to Medieval and Renaissance Music, by Peggy Monroe Members: 1-$13, 2-$23, 3-$28, 4-$35, 5-$41, 6-$47, 7-$52 Non-members: 1-$18, 2-$33, 3-$44, 4-$55, 5-$66, 6-$76, 7-$86 AMERICAN RECORDER SOCIETY 1129 RUTH DR., ST. LOUIS MO 63122-1019 800-491-9588 Order your recorder discs through the ARS CD Club! The ARS CD Club makes hard-to-find or limited release CDs by ARS members available to ARS members at the special price listed (non-members slightly higher), postage and handling included. An updated listing of all available CDs may be found at the ARS web site: <www.americanrecorder.org>. NEW LISTINGS! ____THE GREAT EMU WAR Batalla Famossa, a young ensemble, with first CD of Australian ____A.
    [Show full text]
  • A History of the Use of the Concept of Parental Alienation in the Australian Family Law System: Contradictions, Collisions and Their Consequences
    Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law ISSN: 0964-9069 (Print) 1469-9621 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjsf20 A history of the use of the concept of parental alienation in the Australian family law system: contradictions, collisions and their consequences Zoe Rathus To cite this article: Zoe Rathus (2020) A history of the use of the concept of parental alienation in the Australian family law system: contradictions, collisions and their consequences, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 42:1, 5-17, DOI: 10.1080/09649069.2019.1701920 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2019.1701920 Published online: 18 Feb 2020. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 383 View related articles View Crossmark data Citing articles: 2 View citing articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rjsf20 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FAMILY LAW 2020, VOL. 42, NO. 1, 5–17 https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2019.1701920 ARTICLE A history of the use of the concept of parental alienation in the Australian family law system: contradictions, collisions and their consequences Zoe Rathus Griffith Law School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia ABSTRACT KEYWORDS This paper presents insights into the history and current deploy- Parental alienation; family ment of the concept of parental alienation in the Australian family violence; child abuse; family law system. It begins in 1989, when an article on parental aliena- law tion syndrome was first published in an Australian law journal. It then traces aspects of the socio-legal and social science research, gender politics, law reform and jurisprudence of the following 30 years, paying attention to moments of significant change.
    [Show full text]