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REVIEWING THE OPPORTUNITIES: GUEST EDITOR'S REPLY TO COMMENTS
Author(s) -
McIntosh Jennifer E.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2012.01465.x
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , passion , value (mathematics) , sociology , key (lock) , epistemology , psychology , law , political science , computer science , social psychology , philosophy , computer security , machine learning
This essay is a reply by the guest editor to four published comments about the July 2011 Special Issue: Attachment Theory, Separation and Divorce: Forging Coherent Understandings for Family Law . The comments capture some of the immense interest and passion generated by that issue. Questions pertaining to the structure of the issue are addressed and editorial decisions clarified. The relevant critiques are considered, and the opportunities created by the Special Issue are revisited. Unanswered questions raised about the application of attachment theory to family law matters are left as such: unanswered questions that call for careful consideration in practice and in nuanced, bipartisan research in the near future. Key Points for the Family Court Community• This essay revisits the value of the July 2011 Special Issue on attachment theory. • It considers the relevance of the Special Issue for practitioners.