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CHILD AND FAMILY LAW QUARTERLY Vol 23, No 1, 2011

Date:7 SEP 2011

CHILD AND FAMILY LAW QUARTERLY

Vol 23, No 1, 2011

Contents

Articles

‘No' is the hardest word: consent and children's autonomy by Stephen Gilmore and Jonathan Herring 3

Seeking help from the enemy: help-seeking strategies of those in same-sex relationships who have experienced domestic abuse by Catherine Donovan and Marianne Hester 26

Common law judges and judicial interviewing by John Caldwell 41

Regulating emotion: judging contact disputes by Felicity Kaganas 63

Very young offenders and the criminal justice system: are we asking the right questions? by Alex Newbury 94

Case Commentary

Re MA: the significance of harm by Heather Keating 115

Families but not (yet) marriages? Same-sex partners and the developing European Convention ‘margin of appreciation' by Nicholas Bamforth 128

Reviews

The Continuing Evolution of Family Law, Gillian Douglas and Nigel Lowe (eds) by Sue Jenkinson 144

Physical Punishment in Childhood: The Rights of the Child, Bernadette J Saunders and Chris Goddard by Chris Barton 148

 

Books Received 152