Family life and family interests: a comparative study on the influence of the European Convention of Human Rights on Dutch family law and the influence of the United States Constitution on American family law.(Book Review)

From: International Labour Review | Date: March 22, 2003| Author: Ghosheh, Najati | Copyright information

Gerda A. KLEIJKAMP. The Hague, Kluwer Law International, 1999. xi + 368 pp. Bibliography, table of cases, index. ISBN 90-411-1136-0.

As the author notes in the introduction, many social and economic factors, especially the transformation of women's traditional economic and social roles, have had a significant impact on the institution of the family. Declining marriage rates, increasing divorce rates, increases in unmarried cohabitation and in the numbers of single parent...

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