Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

1. Introduction to Family Law

2. Adult family relationships in law

3. Family property and finances during relationships

4. Domestic violence

5. Ending relationships: divorce and separation

6. Financial provision for children

7. Financial provision between adults on relationship breakdown

8. Fundamental principles in the law relating to children

9. Becoming a legal parent and the consequences of legal parenthood

10. Parental responsibility

11. Private disputes over children

12. Child protection: the public law on children

13. Adoption

Family Law: Text, Cases and Materials covers all main areas of family law and provides everything the family law student needs in one volume. Drawing on their extensive experience in the field of family law, the authors provide a detailed and authoritative exposition of the law illustrated by carefully selected materials drawn from a wide range of sources.

Their detailed and scholarly analysis of the law is accompanied by clear, insightful and engaging commentary in which a variety of critical and theoretical perspectives are presented and discussed. To assist student understanding of the topics covered, the thought-provoking commentary is complemented by helpful questions and suggested further reading.

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