Family Law in Action

Family Law in Action examines the inequalities produced by divorce and separation in France and Quebec.

Emilie Biland is a professor of sociology at Sciences Po, Centre for the Sociology of Organisations, Institut Universitaire de France, in Paris, and an adjunct professor of political science at Université Laval. Since 2021, she has been the co-leader of the “Pandemic Experiences of Law and Justice: Family, Work and Public Space during the COVID-19 Crisis” project. Annelies Fryberger is a sociologist and translator, working mainly on evaluation processes, often in the field of music. Miranda Richmond Mouillot is an author, translator, and editor. Her translation of The Kites won a PEN/Heim Award.

In Family Law in Action, Emilie Biland handles an impressive amount of data in a masterful way. It’s an important and original contribution to socio-legal scholarship in the field of family law.

Mavis Maclean, founding director, Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy:

Family Law in Action is of immediate and unique importance for policy development. I have been looking forward to this book!

Robert Leckey, editor of After Legal Equality: Family, Sex, Kinship:

Emilie Biland has done an exceptional job. This is a superb piece of comparative work.