Family Matters: Essays in Honour of John Eekelaar

John Eekelaar, FBA, is a ‘giant of family law’, whose unrivalled contribution to the entire breadth of family law scholarship and research, has brought many doctrinal, theoretical, empirical and contextual insights to the study of family law and family justice. His world-wide reputation and influence in the field of family law, and the huge body of literature his career of more than 50 years has produced, is celebrated in this collection of essays written by senior judges and fellow academics. The 66 contributions cover a vast range of issues in family law, child law and family justice. Many draw their inspiration from Eekelaar’s sociolegal and social policy focus, the seminal, keystone or prescient nature of his analyses, or the various lenses through which he has sought to refract the subject matter of family law. Throughout the book the admiration for Eekelaar and the high esteem in which he is held is palpable. The result is a collection of insightful critical engagements with family law and family justice, inspired by Eekelaar’s work, which bear testament to the vast impact of Eekelaar’s ideas and to his kindness and humanity.

With contributions by Farrah Ahmed, Prem Aleema, Bill Atkin, Martha Bailey, Andrew Bainham, Fareda Banda, Anne Barlow FAcSS, Benoit Bastard, Gillian Black, Katharina Boele-Woelki, Jo Bridgeman, Thérèse Callus, Monica Campo, Nwudego Nkemakonam Chinwuba, Richard Chisholm AM, Shazia Choudhry, Aoife Daly, Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech of Cumnor, DBE, QC (Hon), Robert Dingwall HonMFPH, FAcSS, Gillian Douglas FBA, FAcSS, Carmen Draghici, Nicolás Espejo-Yaksic, Belinda Fehlberg, Claire Fenton-Glynn, Marsha Garrison, Rob George, Stephen Gilmore, Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, PC, FBA (Hon), John Haskey, Andy Hayward, Mark Henaghan, Jonathan Herring, Kathryn Hollingsworth, Emily Jackson OBE, FBA, Balawyn Jones, Sanford N. Katz, Olga A. Khazova, Ursula Kilkelly, Ghena Krayem, Craig Lind, Nigel Lowe QC (Hon), Mavis Maclean CBE, Judith Masson QC (Hon), FAcSS, Satoshi Minamikata, Sir Philip Moor, Sir Nicholas Mostyn, Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi, Sir James Munby PC, Kristin Natalier, Mariela Neagu, Thandabantu Nhlapo, J. Thomas Oldham, Conor O’Mahony, Kathryn O'Sullivan, Patrick Parkinson AM, Teresa Picontó Novales, Christine Piper, Rebecca Probert, Jordi Ribot Igualada, Encarnación Roca Trías, Sir Ernest Ryder PC, Kirsten Scheiwe, Jens M. Scherpe, Wendy Schrama, Lei Shi, Brian Sloan, Julia Sloth-Nielsen, Bruce M. Smyth, Helen Stalford, Rachel Taylor, Jet Tigchelaar, Sir Mathew Thorpe PC, John Tobin, Velina Todorova, Sarah Trotter, Nick Wikeley and Harry Willekens.