Is there an ideology of motherhood in (post)modern child custody law?

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 495-521

  Boyd, Susan B ^a  

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EID: 0030303742     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096466399600500403     Document Type: Article

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