Second in a series of seven volumes containing the proceedings of the 1983 Australian Family Research Conference, this publication deals with family law. Papers and authors included are: "Attitudes of Divorced Men and Women to the Family" (Margaret Harrison), "Dispute Resolution in Australian Family Law" (Henry Finlay), "Descriptive Analysis, Process and Outcome of a Caseload of One Hundred Migrant Cases Seen in Counselling" (Emilia Renouf), "The South-west Aboriginal and Family Law" (Eversley Ruth), "The Outcome of Defended Custody Cases: Does the Father Have Much Chance?" (Frank Horwill and Sophy Bordow), "Evaluation of Court Referred Conciliation Conferences" (S. Bordow, A. Marshall, and M. Turner), "Severe Conflict in Matrimonial Proceedings" (Gianfranco Urlini), "A Study of Access Patterns between Three Groups Differing in Their Post Separation Conflict" (Robyn Weir, Rosa Silvesto, and Lynette Bennington), "Adolescents and Divorce: The Experience of Family Break-Up" (R. Dunlop and A. Burns), "Children's Wishes and Legal Outcomes: Is There a Relationship?" (I. Thomas and T. Pietropicolo), "School Adjustment in Children from Families Experiencing Marital Problems" (Lynette A. Bennington), and "Some Social, Economic and Relationship Effects following Marital Separation" (G. W. Smiley, E. R. Chamberlain, and L. I. Dalgleish). (RM)