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Digging Beneath The Equality Language: The Influence Of The Fathers’ Rights Movement On Intimate Partner Violence Public Policy Debates And Family Law Reform, Kelly Alison Behre May 2015

Digging Beneath The Equality Language: The Influence Of The Fathers’ Rights Movement On Intimate Partner Violence Public Policy Debates And Family Law Reform, Kelly Alison Behre

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

In 2004, a fathers’ rights group formed in West Virginia to promote “Truth, Justice, and Equality in Family Law.” They created a media campaign including billboards and radio spots warning about the dangers of false allegations of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse, even offering a $10,000 award to anyone who could prove false allegations of abuse were used against a parent in a custody case. In 2007, they released a study concluding that seventy-six percent of protection order cases were unnecessary or based on false allegations, and warned that protection orders were often filed to gain leverage in …


Secular Rights And Religious Wrongs? Family Law, Religion And Women In Israel, Pascale Fournier, Pascal Mcdougall, Merissa Lichtsztral Feb 2012

Secular Rights And Religious Wrongs? Family Law, Religion And Women In Israel, Pascale Fournier, Pascal Mcdougall, Merissa Lichtsztral

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Curing The "Every-Other-Weekend Syndrome": Why Visitation Should Be Considered Separate And Apart From Custody, Mark D. Matthews Apr 1999

Curing The "Every-Other-Weekend Syndrome": Why Visitation Should Be Considered Separate And Apart From Custody, Mark D. Matthews

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Does The Dissolution Of Covenant Marriages Mirror Common Law England's Subordination Of Women?, Rebecca E. Silberbogen Dec 1998

Does The Dissolution Of Covenant Marriages Mirror Common Law England's Subordination Of Women?, Rebecca E. Silberbogen

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Lovers' Contracts In The Courts: Forsaking The Minimum Decencies, Judith T. Younger Feb 207

Lovers' Contracts In The Courts: Forsaking The Minimum Decencies, Judith T. Younger

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.