Discretion, Rules, and Law: Child Custody and the UMDA's Best-Interest Standard

One barrier facing any attempt to devise a uniform law for diverse jurisdictions is the occasional - perhaps even frequent - difficulty of writing rules that will accurately guide judges. The law's ordinary solution to that difficulty is to give judges some measure of discretion. This article i...

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Autor principal: Schneider, Carl E. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1991
En:Año: 1991
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