1st Edition

Divorce: A Psychosocial Study

By Shelley Day Sclater Copyright 1999
246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

Several jurisdictions have attempted to render divorce more harmonious by abolishing matrimonial 'fault' and facilitating the resolution of divorce disputes by mediation. In Britain, these provisions appear in the Family Law Act 1996. The book presents a challenge to the underlying assumptions that conflict and the adversarial system are undesirable. Its focus is on adults’ experiences of... Read more
Contents: Introduction: changing families, changing law; Divorce dispute resolution: a review of the literature; The psychology of divorce: a review of the literature; Theory and method for a psychosocial approach to divorce; Divorce: symptoms and feelings; Stories, genres, psychologies; Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendices; Index.

Biography

Shelley Day Sclater