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Abstract
Gender and Power: Balancing Rhetoric and Reality in the Family
Court
Neil Buckley
This paper analyses a number of areas in which issues of gender and power between
men and women arise in the context of relationship breakdown, most specifically
in the Family Court. These areas include power imbalances in the family law
process, family violence and denial of access to legal representation, as well
as broader socio-economic issues such as differential earning capacity and its
consequences.
The Family Court is both a major provider of primary dispute resolution services
and the forum in which many family law disputes are determined. The paper discusses
several ways in which the Court recognises the vulnerability of its clients
and seeks to address any imbalances between them.
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