As courts and legislatures continue their enthusiastic ventures into family law reform, they make frequent use of theories and research from the social sciences. This essay focuses on developments in child custody law stemming from "Parental Alienation Syndrome" (PAS), a theory propounded in 1985 by…
This chapter discusses parental care, which includes the range of an adult animal's activities that improve the survivorship of offspring. Parental care ranges from nourishing, incubating eggs, to defending them from predators. According to life history theory, species differ in their levels of givi…
Parental responsibility (PR) is one of the most important concepts in the Children Act 1989. This chapter provides the definition of PR as taken from Section 3 of the Children Act 1989 and provides examples of what it actually is in relation to decisions and responsibilities that a parent may make o…
This research study examines the implementation of paternity and parental leave in Ibero-America and the ways in which these differ from one country to the next. The study observes how laws and policies affect fathers' participation in caring for their children and their relationship with gender equ…