Family Law in the Twentieth Century: A History

ISBN-13: 9780199280919 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 976 str.

Stephen Cretney

Opis

A full history of the development of the law relating to the family. The book draws extensively on published and unpublished materials, shows the factors which have influenced change and seeks to put the law fully into its social and historical context.

Recenzje

[A] magisterial volume

O autorze

Stephen Cretney was a practising solicitor in the City of London from his graduation until 1965. Thereafter, he held academic posts, becoming Quarrell Fellow and Tutor in Law at Exeter College Oxford, in 1969. Beween 1978 and 1984, he served as a Law Commissioner before becoming Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law at Bristol University. From 1993 until retirement he was a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Queen's Counsel honoris causa.