Felicity Kaganas
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Felicity Kaganas was invited to present a paper at Sussex University - 12 Oct 2012
Felicity Kaganas was invited to present a paper at Sussex University in October 2012. The two day seminar, ‘Celebrating twenty-one years of the Children Act’, was sponsored by the Modern Law Review and was attended by eminent academics and judges. Felicity Kaganas’ paper was entitled ‘Shared Parenting: A ‘Keep OutChristine Piper and Felicity Kaganas attended a seminar at Oxford University - 07 Sep 2012
Christine Piper and Felicity Kaganas attended a seminar at Oxford University in September 2012 where they both presented papers. Christine Piper’s paper was entitled ‘Mediation and Vulnerable Parents’. Felicity Kaganas’ paper was entitled ‘Child Protection and the Modernised Family Justice System’. Both papers will be included as chaptersFelicity Kaganas Attends Seminar at Oxford on Ongoing Research - 21 Jul 2012
Felicity Kaganas attended a seminar at Oxford University in July 2012 at which invited participants presented papers dealing with the research they were undertaking at the time. She presented a paper with Prof Alison Diduck of UCL examining the changing role of the family courts.Family Law, Gender and the State by Alison Diduck and Felicity Kaganas (2012, Hart Publishing) - 10 Feb 2012
Felicity Kaganas with Alison Diduck (of UCL) have published the third edition of their Text, Cases and Materials book on Family and Child law. This book adopts a socio-legal analysis, largely from a feminist perspective, of cases, policies, legislation and literature in the field.Feminist Judgments Project - 05 May 2010
Prof Christine Piper took part in the symposium on the work of the Feminist Judgments Project (FJP) at the annual conference of the Socio-legal Studies conference in April. This project, funded by the ESRC, has also involved Felicity Kaganas who wrote the alternative judgement for Re L, the leading caseSummary
Qualifications
BA (University of Witwatersrand, SA), 1976
LLB (1st Class) (University of Witwatersrand, SA), 1978
Attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa (1980)
LLM (London), 1984
Felicity Kaganas’ teaching and research interests are in the fields of family and child law as well as feminist theory. She is co-author (with A Diduck) of Family Law, Gender and the State (2nd ed) Hart Publishing. She is a member of the Interdisciplinary Child and Youth Focused Research Centre at Brunel University. Currently she is involved in the Feminist Judgments Project funded by the ESRC.
Student Support
As Undergraduate Examinations Convenor I oversee all issues relating to examinations, assessment, recording of marks, progression and classification of degrees.
Teaching and Research
Teaching
Family Law
Intellectual Property Law
Research Interests
Family Law
Child Law
Feminist Theory
Research Areas
Family and child law
Gender and the law
Legal theory and jurisprudence
Privacy and data protection
Socio-legal studies
Research Groups
CJRC Criminal Justice Research Centre
FLRG Family Law Research Group
HRC Human Rights Centre
PhD Supervision
Ms Felicity Kaganas will welcome supervison in Feminist theory, children and the law, the law and policy concerning child abuse and child protection, and family law, particularly contact disputes and domestic violence.
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2011) Kaganas, FR., Regulating Emotion: Judging Contact Disputes, Child and Family Law Quarterly 23 (1) : 63- 93
(2010) Kaganas, F., When it comes to contact disputes, what are family courts for?, Current Legal Problems 63 (1) : 235- 271 Download publication
(2007) Kaganas, F., Grandparents' rights and grandparents' campaigns, Child and Family Law Quarterly 19 (1) : 17- 41
(2004) Kaganas, F. and Diduck, A., Incomplete citizens: Changing images of post-separation children, Modern Law Review 67 (6) : 959- 981 Download publication
(2004) Kaganas, F. and Day-Sclater, S., Contact disputes: Narrative constructions of 'good' parents, Feminist Legal Studies 12 (1) : 1- 27 Download publication
(2002) Kaganas, F. and Piper, C., Shared parenting: A 70% solution, Child and Family Law Quarterly 14 (4) : 365- 379 Download publication
(2001) Kaganas, F. and Piper, C., Grandparents and contact: 'Rights v welfare' revisited, International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 15 (2) : 250- 275 Download publication
(2000) Kaganas, FR., Re L (Contact: Domestic Violence; Re V (Contact: Domestic Violence; Re M (Contact:Domestic Violence; Re H (Contact: Domestic Violence). Contact and Domestic Violence’, Child and Family Law Quarterly 12 311- 324 Download publication
(1999) Kaganas, FR., B v B (Occupation Order) and Chalmers v Johns: Occupation orders under the Family Law Act 1996, Child and Family Law Quarterly 11 193- 203
Book Chapters
(2010) Kaganas, F. and Piper, CD., Re L (A child) (Contact: Domestic violence). In: Hunter, R., McGlynn, C. and Rackley, E. eds. Feminist Judgments: From Theory to Practice. Oxford : Hart Publishing 120- 133 Download publication
(2009) Kaganas, F., Child protection, gender and rights. In: Wallbank, J., Choudhry, S. and Herring, J. eds. Rights, Gender and Family Law. Oxford : Routledge-Cavendish 43- 69
(2006) Kaganas, F., Domestic violence, men's groups and the equivalence argument. In: Diduck, A. and O'Donovan, K. eds. Feminist Perspectives on Family Law. Oxon, UK : Routledge-Cavendish 139- 164
(2003) Day-Sclater, S. and Kaganas, F., Contact: Mothers, welfare and rights. In: Bainham, A., Lindley, B., Richards, M. and Trinder, L. eds. Children and their Families. UK : Hart Publishing 155- 170
(2002) Kaganas, F., Domestic homicide, gender and the expert. In: Richards, M., Day-Sclater, S. and Bainham, A. eds. Body Lore and Laws: Essays on Law and the Human Body. UK : Hart Publishing 105- 126 Download publication
(1999) Kaganas, F. and Piper, C., Divorce and domestic violence. In: Day Sclater, S. and Piper, C. eds. Undercurrents of Divorce. Ashgate 183- 207 Download publication
(1999) Kaganas, F., Contact, conflict and risk. In: Day-Sclater, S. and Piper, C. eds. Undercurrents of Divorce. Dartmouth, UK : Ashgate 99- 120 Download publication
(1995) Kaganas, F., Partnership under the Children Act 1989 - An overview. In: Kaganas, F., King, M. and Piper, C. eds. Legislating for Harmony: Partnership Under the Children Act, 1989. UK : Jessica Kingsley Publishers 1- 20
Books
(2012) Diduck, A. and Kaganas, F., Family Law, Gender and the State. Hart Publishing
(2003) Day-Sclater, S., Cook, R. and Kaganas, F., Surrogate motherhood: International perspectives. Hart Publishing
(1995) Kaganas, FR., Legislating for Harmony. Partnership under the Children Act 1989. Jesicca Kingsley
