Professors Elizabeth Sheehy and Simon Lapierre co-edited a special issue of Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law on critical perspectives on “parental alienation” published on 07 January 2020.
The special issue features work by FEMRAM members Sheehy and LaPierre, Professor Vivienne Elizabeth and Professor Joan Meier.
The issue includes interdisciplinary articles by leading international scholars on developments in Canada, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, England, Wales, and the United States:
Elizabeth, V. (2020). The affective burden of separated mothers in PA(S) inflected custody law systems: A New Zealand case study. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Online first, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2020.1701943
Feresin, M. (2020). Parental alienation (syndrome) in child custody cases: Survivors’ experiences and the logic of psychosocial and legal services in Italy. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Online first, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2019.1701924
Lapierre, S., Ladouceur, P., Frenette, M., & Côté, I. (2020). The legitimization and institutionalization of ‘parental alienation’ in the Province of Quebec. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Online first, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2019.1701922
Mackenzie, D., Herbert, R., & Robertson, N. (2020). ‘It’s Not OK’, but ‘It’ never happened: Parental alienation accusations undermine children’s safety in the New Zealand Family Court. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Online first, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2020.1701942
Meier, J. S. (2020). U.S. child custody outcomes in cases involving parental alienation and abuse allegations: What do the data show? Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Online first, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2020.1701941
Sheehy, E., & Lapierre, S. (2020). Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Online first, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2020.1702409
Vila, G. C. (2020). Parental Alienation Syndrome in Spain: Opposed by the Government but accepted in the Courts. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Online first, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2019.1701923
Elizabeth Sheehy is Professor Emerita in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.
Simon LaPierre is Professor of Social Work at the University of Ottawa.
Joan Meier is Professor of Clinical Law at George Washington University.
Vivienne Elizabeth is Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland.