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• Schaffer, Rudolph; Do babies need mothers ?, in Scaffer (ed) "Mothering" Open Books (1977), p 102-115
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• Schaffer, Rudolph; Should mothering be confined to one person ?, in Schaffer (ed) "Making decisions about children: psychological Q & A" Blackwell (1990), p 73-84
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• Sclater, Shelley Day; How adults cope with divorce - strategies for survival, Fam Law, (1995) p 143-147
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• Sealey, Alan; Contact disputes (comment), Fam Law, (1994) p 601
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• Seltzer, Judith A; Relationships between fathers and children who live apart: the father's role after separation, Journal of Marriage and the Family, (1991) 53 p 79-101
• Seltzer, Judith; Father by law: effects of joint legal custody on nonresident fathers' involvement with children, http://ssc.wisc.edu/cde/nsfhwp/nsfh75.pdf,
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• Sharpe, Dennis; Contact and committal, Fam Law, (1999) p 408-409
• Shear, Leslie Ellen; Life stories, doctrines, and decision making - three high courts confront the move-away dilemma, Family and Conciliation Courts Review, (1996) 34 (4) p 439-458
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• Slade, Alan (Coram Child Contact Service); Supervised contact between children and violent fathers, Fam Law, [2000] p 506-508
• Smart, Carol; Child custody and the politics of gender, Australian Journal of Family Law, (1991) p 175-179 (review)
• Smart, Carol; The legal and moral ordering of child custody, Journal of Law and Society, (1991) 18 (4) p 485-500
• Smart, Carol; Wishful thinking and harmful tinkering? - sociological reflections on family policy, Journal of Social Policy, (1997) 26 (3) p 301-321
• Smart, Carol; May, Vanessa; Residence and contact disputes in court, Fam Law, [2004] p 36-42
• Smart, Carol; Neale, Bren; Arguments against virtue - must contact be enforced?, Fam Law, (1997) p 332-336
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• Smith, Victor; The Children Act 1989--contact orders., Justice of the Peace, (1991) 155 ( ) 31 Aug, p 548-552
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• Spon-Smith, Robin; Relocation revisited, Fam Law, [2004] p 191-198
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• Stevens, Robert; Grandparents seeking contact., Justice of the Peace & Local Government Law, (1995) 159 (45) 11 Nov, p 753-754
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• Stone, Nigel; Penal sanctions to enforce access: weapon of first or last resort?, Justice of the Peace, (1988) 152 ( ) 21 May, p 325-326
• Stone, Nigel; Promoting contact through sanction: the elusive quest for the lesser evil., Justice of the Peace, (1993) 157 (36) 4 Sep, p 567-569
• Sturgeon-Adams, Louise; James, Adrian; Assisting families - section 16 orders under the Children Act 1989, Fam Law, (1999) p 471-474
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• Sutherland, Elaine; The unequal struggle - fathers and children in Scots law, Child and Family Law Quarterly, (1997) 9 (2) p 191-202

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