Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

1. Introduction to family law and its changing dimensions

2. State intervention in personal relationships

3. Nullity and its consequences

4. Acquisition and protection of rights in the family home

5. Domestic violence

6. Ending relationships

7. Finanical consequences of relationships

8. Death and its consequences

9. Parents and family: rights and responsibilities

10. From clean break to open adoption

11. Adolescent rights: autonomy and participation

12. Children's welfare and private disputes

13. In the child's best interests: the jurisdiction of wardship

14. Child protection: public law procedure

15. Protecting children from significant harm: interpreting the law

16. Financial provision for children

The Core Text Series takes the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing a reliable and invaluable guide for students of law at all levels. Written by leading academics, and renowned for their clarity, these concise texts explain the intellectual challenges of each area of the law.

Family Law enables students to develop a clear understanding of the law and an insight into both the legal and social tensions that surround 'family life'. Clearly written and presented, it incorporates chapter summaries and self-test questions to highlight key topics for discussion and reflection. The authors also aim to make family law interesting so that their readers will want to explore in greater depth the fascinating stories which have so often engaged them in the writing of the second edition.

New to this edition:-

• Analysis of the recognition of the House of Lords that, in the field of implied trusts and ancillary relief on divorce, non-financial contributions may be as important as financial ones in familial wealth creation
• Analysis of the 2007 recommendations of the Law Commission with respect to cohabitation
• Analysis of the lack of legal rights for biologically related relatives or good friends who live together
• Analysis of the Children and Adoption Act 2006, and the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill 2006
• Analysis of the role of medical experts in cases involving 'sudden infant death syndrome'
• Analysis of the increasing effect of the European convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 on all aspects of family law