Univ., Diss.--Regensburg, 2005. / Literaturverz. S. 186 - 198.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-08-29Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:39:03Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 almeida_mja_me_fran.pdf: 761304 bytes, checksum: 32d85216cec7deaef2fae430233d0bd8 (MD5) / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo compreender as representações sociais da Pensão Alimentícia para homens-pais que são separados. Localiza-se no campo de estudos sobre família e utiliza como referencial a Teoria das Representações Sociais, por considerar que visa legitimar a importância do senso comum e das práticas coletivas para a compreensão dos fenômenos sociais. A revisão da literatura priorizou estudos sobre as atuais configurações de família e a legislação que normatiza o pagamento da pensão alimentícia. A pesquisa de campo foi realizada por meio de entrevistas estruturadas com sete sujeitos que tinham ações judiciais em andamento na Comarca de Pratápolis-MG ou que buscaram atendimento junto ao Serviço Social Judicial, com relação à Pensão Alimentícia. Utilizou-se o Método Hermenêutico Dialético na análise das entrevistas, o qual organizou as discussões da Pensão Alimentícia em dois eixos temáticos: A) Pensão Alimentícia e B) Paternidade. Este estudo propõe-se a dar centralidade à figura do homem-pai, visto que, embora se fale muito em família, tem sido dada certa prioridade aos estudos com crianças, jovens, mulheres e idosos. Observa-se ainda que se tem dado ênfase à materialidade e esquecido a questão da afetividade que permeia a relação entre pais e filhos. Nesta pesquisa, apresentamos as dificuldades vivenciadas pelos pais no pagamento da pensão alimentícia, dificuldades de ordem material e também de ordem relacional, na convivência com as mães dos filhos e também com os filhos / Esta pesquisa tiene como objetivo comprender las representaciones sociales de la Pensión Alimenticia para hombres-padres que son separados. Ubicase en el campo de los estudios sobre familia y utiliza como referencial la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales por considerar que propone legitimar la importancia del sentido común y de las prácticas colectivas para la comprensión de los fenómenos sociales. La revisión de la literatura dio prioridad a los estudios sobre las actuales configuraciones de la familia y la legislación que regulariza el pagamiento de la Pensión Alimenticia. La pesquisa de campo fue realizada por medio de entrevistas estructuradas con siete individuos que tenían acciones en tramitación en la comarca de Pratápolis-MG ó que buscaran atención junto al servicio social judicial con relación a Pensión Alimenticia. Se utilizo el método hermenéutico dialéctico en el análisis de las entrevistas que organizó las discusiones de la Pensión Alimenticia en dos ejes temáticos: A) Pensión Alimenticia; B) Paternidad. Este estudio se propone dar centralidad a la figura del hombre-padre, visto que, aunque se hable mucho en familia, ha sido dada cierta prioridad a los estudios con niños, jóvenes, mujeres y ancianos. Se observa todavía que se ha dado énfasis a la materialidad y se ha olvidado la cuestión de la afectividad que está en medio de la relación entre padres e hijos. En esta pesquisa, presentamos las dificultades vividas por los padres con el pagamiento de la Pensión Alimenticia., dificultades de orden material y también de orden relacional, en la convivencia con las madres de los hijos y también con los hijos

Orientador: Ana Cristina Nassif Soares / Banca: Geraldo Romanelli / Banca: Helen Barbosa Raiz Engler / Resumo: Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo compreender as representações sociais da Pensão Alimentícia para homens-pais que são separados. Localiza-se no campo de estudos sobre família e utiliza como referencial a Teoria das Representações Sociais, por considerar que visa legitimar a importância do senso comum e das práticas coletivas para a compreensão dos fenômenos sociais. A revisão da literatura priorizou estudos sobre as atuais configurações de família e a legislação que normatiza o pagamento da pensão alimentícia. A pesquisa de campo foi realizada por meio de entrevistas estruturadas com sete sujeitos que tinham ações judiciais em andamento na Comarca de Pratápolis-MG ou que buscaram atendimento junto ao Serviço Social Judicial, com relação à Pensão Alimentícia. Utilizou-se o Método Hermenêutico Dialético na análise das entrevistas, o qual organizou as discussões da Pensão Alimentícia em dois eixos temáticos: A) Pensão Alimentícia e B) Paternidade. Este estudo propõe-se a dar centralidade à figura do homem-pai, visto que, embora se fale muito em família, tem sido dada certa prioridade aos estudos com crianças, jovens, mulheres e idosos. Observa-se ainda que se tem dado ênfase à materialidade e esquecido a questão da afetividade que permeia a relação entre pais e filhos. Nesta pesquisa, apresentamos as dificuldades vivenciadas pelos pais no pagamento da pensão alimentícia, dificuldades de ordem material e também de ordem relacional, na convivência com as mães dos filhos e também com os filhos / Resumen: Esta pesquisa tiene como objetivo comprender las representaciones sociales de la Pensión Alimenticia para hombres-padres que son separados. Ubicase en el campo de los estudios sobre familia y utiliza como referencial la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales por considerar que propone legitimar la importancia del sentido común y de las prácticas colectivas para la comprensión de los fenómenos sociales. La revisión de la literatura dio prioridad a los estudios sobre las actuales configuraciones de la familia y la legislación que regulariza el pagamiento de la Pensión Alimenticia. La pesquisa de campo fue realizada por medio de entrevistas estructuradas con siete individuos que tenían acciones en tramitación en la comarca de Pratápolis-MG ó que buscaran atención junto al servicio social judicial con relación a Pensión Alimenticia. Se utilizo el método hermenéutico dialéctico en el análisis de las entrevistas que organizó las discusiones de la Pensión Alimenticia en dos ejes temáticos: A) Pensión Alimenticia; B) Paternidad. Este estudio se propone dar centralidad a la figura del hombre-padre, visto que, aunque se hable mucho en familia, ha sido dada cierta prioridad a los estudios con niños, jóvenes, mujeres y ancianos. Se observa todavía que se ha dado énfasis a la materialidad y se ha olvidado la cuestión de la afectividad que está en medio de la relación entre padres e hijos. En esta pesquisa, presentamos las dificultades vividas por los padres con el pagamiento de la Pensión Alimenticia., dificultades de orden material y también de orden relacional, en la convivencia con las madres de los hijos y también con los hijos / Mestre

This study is concerned with how educational legislation shapes and uses freedom for the purpose of governing the parent. The key question guiding the study was: How does the Act constitute the ‘parent’ as a subject position responsible for schooling the child? Central to the work is an examination of the School Education Act 1999 (the Act) using Foucault’s thinking on governmentality. This is prefaced by historical accounts that bring together freedom and childhood as contrived styles of conduct that provide the governmental logic behind the Act. The study reveals how the Act shapes and uses the truth of freedom/childhood to construct the responsible parent as a style of conduct pegged to a neo-liberal political rationality of government. It is this political rationality that provides the node or point of encounter between the technologies of power and the self within the Act which forms the ‘responsible’ identity of the parent as an active self-governing entrepreneur made more visible by the political construction of ‘others.’ This is a legal-political subjectivity centred on the truth of freedom/childhood and a neo-liberal rationality of government that believes that any change to our current ethical way of being in relation to educating the child would ruin the very freedoms upon which our civilised lifestyle depends. In essence, the Act relies on the production of ‘others’ as the poor, Aboriginal and radical who must be regulated and made autonomous to constitute the ‘parent’ as an active consumer whose autonomous educational choices are an expression of responsibility in relation to schooling the child

Through the centuries the parental authority has dwindled from the absolute power of the father to the rights of autonomy of the child. At present in the South African law the parental authority is still largely determined by the common law and can be described as the sum total of rights and obligations which parents enjoy in relation to their children. Guardianship and custody are the separate incidents of parental authority. The Child Care Act 74 of 1983, The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 108 of 1996, The Guardianship Act 192 of 1993, The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996, the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 by South Africa on 16 June 1995 and case law have contributed to increasing limitations on the exercise of parental authority. A balance needs to be found between the parental authority and the rights of the child to ensure that neither is absolute. Parents need to respect the evolving capacities of the child and children need to respect the guidance of the parents. / Jurisprudence / LL.M

Thesis (LLD (Private Law))--University of Stellenbosch, 1998. / 490 leaves double sided printed, preliminary pages and numbered pages 1-469. Includes bibliography. Digitised using a HP Scanjet 8250 Scanner to pdf format (OCR). / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis investigates the effect of the recognition of the rights of the child on the parent-child relationship in private law. Rights of the child seem, on the face of it, to undermine parental authority and family values. The impression is created that the state is abdicating its role as protector of the child in favour of unfettered freedom of the child. The delicate balance between individual freedom and family autonomy may in the result also be under threat. It was, therefore, necessary to extend the investigation to include the role of parents and that of the state. The study is divided into three parts. The first contains a theoretical analysis of the concept rights of the child. It is clear that the concept is a manifestation of fundamental human rights. The rights of the child are unique in nature and accommodate the changing phases of dependence and developing abilities of the child. Theoretical analysis negates the perception that the recognition of the rights of the child contributes to erosion of the family: the importance of the commitment of parents and of the state is apparent. The second part consists of a comprehensive review of the parent-child relationship in the South African private law, and an analysis of the public law dimension of the concept rights of the child. This part of the investigation demonstrates that parental authority is firmly rooted in legal history and that substantive private law does not recognise the child as bearer of rights within the context of the family. However, the Bill of Rights and the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child unequivocally give public law status to the child as bearer of rights. The study shows that the private and public law status of a child cannot be isolated from one another and that adaptations will have to be made to implement the rights of the child. In the third part of the study an attempt is made to identify the kind of adaptation that must be made. The impact of the idea of the rights of the child upon the parent-child relationship in private law is investigated. Australian and Scottish law are examples of legal systems which endeavour to implement fully the concept of the rights of the child. Indigenous law places a high value on human dignity. The interaction between rights and duties in indigenous systems reflect values which are inherent in the idea of the rights of the child. The study shows that the impact of the rights of the child on the parent-child relationship is such that change and adaptation of private law is necessary. Change and adaptation are required at both theoretical and practical level. A number of obstacles which may inhibit the process of change are identified. Finally, the kind of change and adaptation required is illustrated by a number of practical examples of the impact ofchange on the parent-child relationship. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Daar word in hierdie proefskrif gepoog om te bepaal wat die effek van die erkenning van kinderregte op die ouer-kind verhouding in die privaatreg is. Kinderregte skep op die oog af die persepsie dat ouerlike gesag en gesinswaardes onderrnyn word en dat die staat sy rol as beskerrner van 'n kind abdikeer ten gunste van onbeperkte vryhede aan 'n kind. Die delikate balans tussen individuele vryhede en gesinsoutonomie is in gedrang en op hierdie wyse word die rol van ouers en die staat ook by die ondersoek betrek. Die studie behels 'n drieledige ondersoek. In die eerste plek vind 'n teoretiese ontleding van die begrip kinderregte plaas. Hierdie ondersoek toon aan dat kinderregte 'n verskyningsvorrn van fundamentele menseregte is. Kinderregte het 'n eiesoortige aard en akkommodeer die wisselende fases van afhanklikheid en ontwikkelende verrnoens van 'n kind. Die betrokkenheid van ouers en die staat word beklemtoon en die teoretiese uitgangspunt besweer gevolglik negatiewe persepsies dat die erkenning van kinderregte tot gesinsverbrokkeling sal meewerk. Die tweede deel van die ondersoek bestaan uit 'n volledige uiteensetting van die ouerkind verhouding in die Suid-Afrikaanse privaatreg en 'n ontleding van die publiekregtelike dimensie van die begrip kinderregte. Hierdie deel van die ondersoek bewys dat ouerlike gesag regshistories sterk fundeer is en dat die substantiewe privaatreg nie die kind as draer van regte binne gesinsverband erken nie. Daarteenoor verleen die Handves van Regte en die Verenigde Nasies se Konvensie op die Regte van die kind 1989 'n duidelike publiekregtelike status aan die kind as draer van regte. Die ondersoek toon aan dat die privaatregtelike en publiekregtelike status van 'n kind nie van mekaar gelsoleer kan word nie en dat aanpassings sal moet plaasvind ten einde kinderregte te implementeer. Die tipe aanpassings wat gemaak sal moet word, vloei voort uit die derde element van hierdie studie. Hierdie deeI van die studie behels 'n toepassing van die idee van kinderregte op die ouer-kind verhouding in die privaatreg. 'n Regsvergelykende element word betrek en die Australiese en Skotse reg word as modelle van 'n regstelsel voorgehou wat poog om kinderregte tot sy volle konsekwensies te implementeer. Vir doeleindes van interne regsvergelyking word daar ook na die inheemse reg verwys. Die hoe premie wat laasgenoemde regstelsel op menswaardigheid plaas en die wisselwerking tussen regte en verpligtinge verteenwoordig waardes wat eie aan die idee van kinderregte is. Die gevolgtrekking is dat die effek van kinderregte op die ouer-kind verhouding van sodanige omvang is dat aanpassings in die privaatreg sal moet plaasvind. Veranderings in regsdenke en formele aanpassings word vereis en 'n aantal struikelblokke wat deel van hierdie proses is, word uitgelig. Sekere praktiese implikasies vir die ouer-kind verhouding word ook voorgehou ten einde te illustreer wat die aard van die aanpassings is wat vereis word.

While several Australian and international studies have explored the family lawyer-client interaction, these studies have been limited to investigations of discrete areas of the lawyerclient relationship and have been necessarily limited in their methodologies. The present study employed a quantitative empirical methodology in an Australian wide field study of 230 family lawyers and 94 clients that investigated the family lawyer-client interaction from a procedural justice framework. Using multivariate analyses, the study establishes that the Tyler and Blader two-component model of procedural justice applies in the lawyer-client dyad and is influenced by the approach of the lawyer, the emotional response of the client, and the level of co-party conflict that the client is experiencing. Further, the study gives meaning to the terms 'conciliatory and constructive' and 'adversarial' as they apply to family law dispute resolution. The study establishes a construct to measure the conciliatory and adversarial approach of family lawyers and identifies that lawyers tend to incorporate a mixture of the two into their work. The results also identify four distinct behavioural factors that characterise the two approaches: the client-centred and interest-based factors characterise the conciliatory approach; and the lawyer-directed and court-focused factors characterise the adversarial. The study found that in terms of perceptions of fairness, and feelings of satisfaction, the clients preferred the lawyers who took a client-centred and interest-based approach, but in circumstances where the clients were experiencing high-levels of conflict, or fear for the safety of their children, they also appreciated the lawyer who was lawyer-directed and court-focused. Overall, the study shows that in order to create a fair and satisfying dispute resolution service for their clients, family lawyers need to maintain a fine balance of family lawyering behaviour. On a general level, the study provides a profile of Australian family lawyers in terms of their approach to dispute resolution, their attitude towards ADR processes and their favoured negotiation styles. It also profiles family law clients in terms of their emotional adjustment to the divorce and their perceptions of the family lawyers assisting them to resolve their disputes. The study substantially expands the procedural justice theory base and has significant implications for practical family law education, government policy, family lawyering, and the ADR and collaborative law movements. The study indicates where future research could benefit these communities.

Thesis (LLM)--Macquarie University. Division of Law. / Bibliography: leaves 192-208. / Introduction -- The perceived problems and the new reforms -- The framework for children's matters in Australia -- Families and functions - regulating the Australian family -- Reorganising the gender hierarchy -- Men's movements, misconceptions and misidentifying the real issues -- Problems with "shared parenting": an ideal or a (rebuttable) presumption? -- Mediation not litigation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography. / In this thesis, I critically appraise the latest reforms of the Australian family law system and assess the underlying philosophy of these measures. I specifically analyse the introduction of shared parenting and mandatory family dispute resolution. My starting point is that legislative changes alone cannot be used as a means of social change. Legal models cannot function correctly if they reflect an ideal rather than social reality, and in light of the current reforms, the Australian family law system risks such a fate. The system, which presumes that parents share parental responsibility upon separation (and therefore during the intact family), does not represent social truth. It appears to make an assumption that shared parenting is the societal practice, but I believe the law is really being used to impose such an ideal. If the reforms are to be successful, I argue that substantial social and economic structural change is required, in order to break down the dichotomy between men's and women's roles, which continue to define the male role as economic and public and the female responsibility as care-giving and private. This is particularly important if the Government is genuine about its aim to make parenting gender neutral in practice and not just in theory. / The thesis demonstrates that the reform measures are a response to the perceived rather than real problems identified in the family law system, and that they are largely issues raised under the influence of fathers' rights groups. The response of the Government to remedy the system is therefore flawed as it is based on misconceived notions about the family law system. It incorrectly identifies judicial discretion as a fundamental cause of the problems and tries to replace it with a more rules-based approach to determining children's matters. I suggest that the real problems can be found in the continuance of deeply entrenched customs and gendered role constructions, and the remedies lie in their overhaul. The social culture that makes the mother the primary caregiver and allocates to the father diminished parental responsibility from the time the child is born needs to be transformed. A suitable legal response to the current impasse would be to begin by educating the public about the way the system works and provide counselling to families on how to structure their united life well before they reach the breakdown point. Assisting families while they are still functional, as opposed to when they are dysfunctional, would arguably make a large difference in how the family law system is understood. Moreover, it would be able to facilitate ongoing communication for separating couples and, most importantly, thereby uphold the best interests of the child. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / 208 leaves

Through the centuries the parental authority has dwindled from the absolute power of the father to the rights of autonomy of the child. At present in the South African law the parental authority is still largely determined by the common law and can be described as the sum total of rights and obligations which parents enjoy in relation to their children. Guardianship and custody are the separate incidents of parental authority. The Child Care Act 74 of 1983, The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 108 of 1996, The Guardianship Act 192 of 1993, The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996, the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 by South Africa on 16 June 1995 and case law have contributed to increasing limitations on the exercise of parental authority. A balance needs to be found between the parental authority and the rights of the child to ensure that neither is absolute. Parents need to respect the evolving capacities of the child and children need to respect the guidance of the parents. / Jurisprudence / LL.M

This dissertation looks at the position of the unmarried father in South Africa with regard to obtaining access to his illegitimate child. The writer has focused on three distinct eras in South African family law: the position of unmarried fathers in terms of: the common law; Natural Fathers of Children Born out of Wedlock Act; and the Children's Act. The writer has further focused on a case study. This is to emphasis the difficulty which unmarried fathers have when attempting to go through the courts to have access to his child. In terms of South African common law, fathers of illegitimate children did not have any form of parental authority over the child. The mothers of illegitimate children have full parental authority over such children. Access in terms of South African common-law is seen as an incident of parental authority. Unmarried fathers nevertheless had the right to approach the high court to obtain access to their children, if the mother of the child refuses to allow the father to have such access. In the late 1980's and early 1990's, there was an overwhelming amount of applications brought by unmarried fathers in the high courts so as to obtain access to their illegitimate children. The case of Van Erk v Holmer 1992 (2) SA 636 (W) sparked victory for unmarried fathers when the learned judge held that all unmarried fathers of children have an inherent right of access to their children. This victory was short-lived. Subsequent case law and in particular the case of B v S 1995 (3) SA 571 (A) enforced the common law and held that unmarried fathers do not have an automatic right to their illegitimate children and that such fathers will have to apply to the high court for such access. Due to the increase in litigation in the late 1980's and early 1990's regarding a father's access to his child born out of wedlock the Natural Fathers of Children Born out of Wedlock Act commenced on 4 September 1998. The South African legislature adopted the approach taken in the case of B v S 1995 (3) SA 571 (A) and rejected the approach taken in the case of Van Erk v Holmer 1992 (2) SA 636 (W) ie the common law continued to remain the approach taken in South Africa. Legislators recognised that the approach taken in the Natural Fathers of Children Born out of Wedlock Act does not conform to the provisions of the African Charter of the Rights and the Welfare of the Child, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and equality and dignity provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. On 19 June 2006, the Children's Act was effected and will commence once promulgated in the Government Gazette. The writer then determines whether the Children's Act has in practice changed the position of the unmarried father. / JURISPRUDENCE / LLM