Getting tough on mothers: Regulating contact and residence

Feminist Legal Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-222

  Wallbank, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact; Fathers' rights; Gender; Mothers; Shared residence; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249931940     PISSN: 09663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10691-007-9056-z     Document Type: Article

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