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Family Courts

Family Courts AUST. & N.Z. JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (March, 1971): 4, 1 1 TODAY the proper function of the' court is being questioned on more than one ground. For many years now the Children's or Juvenile Court has adopt­ ed a rather different procedure from that of the adult court; the procedure being less "legalistic" and rather more concerned with the ultimate re­ habilitation of the delinquent. It has been suggested that Juvenile Courts should cease to be essentially a court, but rather a "family council" or "family tribunal"! Again, in the adult jurisdiction it has been proposed that divorce should be taken away from the rigid adversary system practised in our present courts. Recently a Senior Lecturer in Law at Monash University (Mr. H. A. Finlay) has been reported as sayings, "Family courts would speed divorce where it was inevitable and help stop it where the marriage was repairable". Also, "Medical and social workers would help see that children were looked after. Accountants would help in property adjustments. Marriage counsellors and psychologists would concentrate on saving marriages that could be repaired". In the same article a criminologist (Mr. D. Biles) was reported as saying "that family courts should also deal http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

Family Courts

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology , Volume 4 (1): 4 – Mar 1, 1971
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AUST. & N.Z. JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (March, 1971): 4, 1 1 TODAY the proper function of the' court is being questioned on more than one ground. For many years now the Children's or Juvenile Court has adopt­ ed a rather different procedure from that of the adult court; the procedure being less "legalistic" and rather more concerned with the ultimate re­ habilitation of the delinquent. It has been suggested that Juvenile Courts should cease to be essentially a court, but rather a "family council" or "family tribunal"! Again, in the adult jurisdiction it has been proposed that divorce should be taken away from the rigid adversary system practised in our present courts. Recently a Senior Lecturer in Law at Monash University (Mr. H. A. Finlay) has been reported as sayings, "Family courts would speed divorce where it was inevitable and help stop it where the marriage was repairable". Also, "Medical and social workers would help see that children were looked after. Accountants would help in property adjustments. Marriage counsellors and psychologists would concentrate on saving marriages that could be repaired". In the same article a criminologist (Mr. D. Biles) was reported as saying "that family courts should also deal

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Published: Mar 1, 1971

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