Felicity Kaganas

Reader

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.

As Undergraduate Examinations Convenor I oversee all issues relating to examinations, assessment, recording of marks, progression and classification of degrees.

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.

External Activities

Publications

Journal Papers

(2011) KAGANAS, F., 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., 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, F., Legislating for Harmony. Partnership under the Children Act 1989. Jesicca Kingsley