Part I: Intimate Relationships: Examining the Laws and Norms of Adult Relationships across the
Globe
Chapter 1: Nonmarital Norms by Naomi Cahn and June Carbone
Chapter 2: New Models of Registered Partnership Reform: Embracing Family Recognition
Beyond Marriage? by Andy Hayward
Chapter 3: Recognition of Islamic Marriages in the UK: Continuity of Marriage Status or Non-
Existent Marriages? by Michael Wells-Greco
Chapter 4: Norms of Muslim Marriage and Divorce: The Evolution of Algerian Family Law
Through the Examples of Matrimonial Guardianship and Consent to Marriage by Nahas
Mahieddin
Part II: Parents: Analyzing Global Norms of Parenting and Their Intersection with Child Rights
Chapter 5: Establishing New Permanent Family Relationships in United States and Nordic Child
Protection Systems by Josh Gupta-Kagan
Chapter 6: Separation and Connectedness: Global Norms of Open v. Closed Adoption by
Malinda Seymore
Chapter 7: Post-Divorce Parental Norms in the Age of Fake News and Discursive Violence:
Israeli Case in a Comparative Context by Daphna Hacker
Chapter 8: Homeschooling by Elizabeth Bartholet
Part III: Children: Situating the Child within the Legal System and Global Norms
Chapter 9: Global Norms in the Context of Corporal Punishment against Children by Melissa L.
Breger, Lucy Sorensen, Victor Asal, and Charmaine N. Willis
Chapter 10: Structural Violence as a Driver of Interpersonal Violence against Children: Missed
Connections in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and English Law by Jessica
Lynn Corsi
Chapter 11: Children’s Voices in Family Law Proceedings in Australia, the United Kingdom,
New Zealand and Canada by Michelle Fernando
Chapter 12: Educational Norms as They Relate to Disabled Children across the Globe by Mark
Henaghan
Part IV: Culture: Comparing the Norms, Themes and Legal Structures of Family Law across the
Globe
Chapter 13: A Child’s Right to Know Their Genetic Origins? A Comparative Analysis of
Approaches to Donor Linking by Fiona Kelly
Chapter 14: Transgender Family Rights Issues and Concerns: A Comparative Legal Analysis of
Asia and Europe by Yeshwant Naik
Chapter 15: The Place of Normative Pluralism in the Family Laws: Family and Marital Union in
Ethiopia by Sileshi Bedasie Hirko
Chapter 16: Imperfect Families: Preserving Family Unity and Communities in South Africa and
the United States by Deseriee Kennedy