Include indexes.

Part 1. Marriage and alternative relationships -- 1.1 The changing face of marriage -- 1.2 Marriage and alternative status relationships in the Netherlands -- 1.3 The recognition of religious and customary marriages and non-marital domestic partnerships in South Africa -- 1.4 Family, same-sex unions and the law -- 1.5 Unmarried cohabitation -- Part 2. Dissolution of status, death and their consequences -- 2.1 Dissolution of marriage in westernized countries -- 2.2 Divorce trends and patterns: an overview -- 2.3 Divorce procedure reform in China -- 2.4 Dissolution of marriage in Japan -- 2.5 Relaxation and dissolution of marriage in Latin America -- 2.6 The legal consequences of dissolution: property and financial support between spouses -- 2.7 Child support, spousal support and the turn to guidelines -- 2.8 Inheritance and death: legal strategies in the United States and England -- Part 3. Parenting and parenthood -- 3.1 Assisted conception and surrogacy in the United Kingdom -- 3.2 Regulation of assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy -- 3.3 Parenting issues after separation: recent developments in common law -- 3.4 The development of 'shared custody' in Spain and southern Europe -- 3.5 Parenting issues after separation: a scandinavian perspective -- Part 4. Child welfare, child protection and children's rights -- 4.1 Crisis in child welfare and protection in England: causes, consequences and solutions? -- 4.2 Child protection: promoting permanency without adoption -- 4.3 Adoption of children in the United States and England and Wales -- 4.4 The moral basis of children's relational rights -- 4.5 Children's rights and parental authority: african perspectives -- 4.6 Children's rights: the wider context -- Part 5. Discrimination and personal safety -- 5.1 Gender and human rights -- 5.2 Domestic abuse: a UK perspective -- Part 6. The role of the state and its institutions -- 6.1 State support for families in Europe: a comparative overview -- 6.2 State support for families in the United States -- 6.3 Law and policy concerning older people -- 6.4 Support and care among family members and state provision for the elderly in Japan -- 6.5 Access to family justice -- Part 7. Globalization -- 7.1 International child abduction, intercountry adoption and international commercial surrogacy -- 7.2 Children in cross-border situations: relocation, the 1996 Hague convention and the Brussels regulation -- 7.3 Divided and united across borders: a global overview of family migration.

Eekelaar, J., & George, R. (Ed.). (2021). Routledge handbook of family law and policy (2nd ed.). Routledge.