Family Law: Issues, Debates, Policy

ISBN-13: 9781903240205 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 256 str.

J. Herring

Opis

This work provides a carefully-planned introduction to the key issues and debates within family law from some of the leading authorities within their field. It is designed both as a self-standing book focusing on the key issues in the subject, and as a supplement to more detailed textbooks on the subject - useful reading for anybody studying or practising in the field of family law.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Marriage and divorce: the regulation of intimacy, Stuart Bridge 2. Division of property upon relationship breakdown, Louise Tee 3. Domestic violence: the public-private divide and victim autonomy, Joanna Miles 4. Parents and children, Jonathan Herring 5. Public law children's cases: whose decision is it anyway?, Bridget Lindley, Jonathan Herring and Nicola Wyld 6. Adoption law: a balance of interests, Caroline Bridge

O autorze

Jonathan Herring is a Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford University. His research interests focus on contract law, criminal law, medical law, and ethics, and he has published widely in these areas.