Book Review: Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Overcoming Violence Against Women

Nabeela Siddiqui reviews an excellent new TJ resource... Therapeutic jurisprudence focuses on the impression that law makes on the psychological and social wellbeing of a person. Society is indeed the laboratory to test the veracity of the laws passed, policies framed and procedures established. Drawing on the similar lines Debarati Halder and K. Jaishankar have … Continue reading Book Review: Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Overcoming Violence Against Women

Therapeutic Jurisprudence for the family lawyer

Guest blogger Taylor LoSchiavo, Center for Families, Children and the Courts, Student Fellow (2016-2017) writes... Any legal proceeding has the potential to be life changing; however, family law proceedings, in particular, can change the basic family structure for the parties.  One family can become two, which could then become three or more families.  This is … Continue reading Therapeutic Jurisprudence for the family lawyer

Improving family law processes

The Families Matter initiative intended to help develop and support a family justice system with an interdisciplinary, holistic and therapeutic focus, read this article to find out more... "Families Matter: Recommendations to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families in Court" by Barbara A. Babb (University of Baltimore - School of Law) and Gloria Danziger (University of … Continue reading Improving family law processes