Motherhood, fatherhood and law: Child custody and visitation in Israel

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 409-431

  Hacker, Daphna ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Custody; Divorce; Fatherhood; Israel; Motherhood; Visitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144441721     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663905054911     Document Type: Review

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