Family Law

ISBN-13: 9781352009194 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 538 str.

Samantha Davey

Opis

This popular, long-established textbook provides a clear and engaging account of a fascinating and dynamic subject, while also introducing current debates about the nature, scope and functions of the law, and discussing controversies surrounding the basic doctrines by placing them in a wider context.

Spis treści

Preface.- Table of Cases.- Table of Legislation.- Part I: Family Law - An Introduction- 1. Introduction.- Part II: Marriage, Civil Partnership and Cohabitation.- 2. Marriage and Civil Partnership.- 3. Cohabitation .- Part III: Family, Property and Finance.- 4. Family Property.- 5. Domestic Abuse.- PART IV: Divorce and Dissolution and their Consequences.- 6. Divorce and Dissolution.- 7. Finance and Property on Divorce and Dissolution.- Part V: Children and Parents.- 8. Children.- 9. Parents.- 10. The Children Act 1989.- 11. Children on Family Breakdown.- 12. Financial Provision for Children.- 13. Child Abduction.- 14. Child Protection.- 15. Adoption and Special Guardianship.- Index.

O autorze

Samantha Davey is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Essex, and also works as an external examiner. She has experience teaching Family Law, Child Law, Property Law and Legal Skills. She has also previously worked as a teaching fellow at Queen Mary, University of London and as a lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University. Her main area of research interest is adoption law, with a focus on circumstances where adoptions take place without parental consent.

Blurb

​This popular, long-established textbook provides a clear and engaging account of a fascinating and dynamic subject, while also introducing current debates about the nature, scope and functions of the law, and discussing controversies surrounding the basic doctrines by placing them in a wider context. The book takes an applied approach and provides real-life examples to illustrate how the law works in practice. Written with the student in mind, it includes key words, hot topics,

case notes, summaries and further reading suggestions.

New to this edition:

• Recent reforms to the law on domestic abuse 
• Supreme Court developments in the areas of divorce and civil partnership
• Up-to-date law combined with a clear historical progression of the law
• The companion website macmillanihe.com/davey-family-law-10e includes multiple-choice and discussion questions