Castigating mothers: The judicial response to ‘wilful’ women in disputes over paternal contact in English law

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-376

  Wallbank, Julie ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact cases; Fathers rights; Implacable hostility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937266610     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09649069808410261     Document Type: Article

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