Great Debates in Family Law

ISBN-13: 9781137481566 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 296 str.

Jonathan Herring

Opis

An engaging introduction to the more advanced writings on family law, designed to provide the additional insights necessary to excel in the study of the subject.

Spis treści

1. The Nature of Families and Family Law.- 2. Parents.- 3. Children's Rights.- 4. Disputes over Children.- 5. Child Protection.- 6. Adoption.- 7. Marriage and Civil Partnership.- 8. Cohabitation.- 9. Divorce.- 10. Domestic Violence.- 11. Division of Assets on Separation.- 12. Older People and Families.

O autorze

Jonathan Herring is a Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford. He is the author of the textbook Family Law published by Longman, and also of well-known texts on criminal law and medical law. Recent monographs include works on the law and older people, and on family law and human rights.

Rebecca Probert is a Professor of Law at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Cretney and Probert's Family Law published by Sweet & Maxwell. She writes widely on issues related to marriage and cohabitation: her recent monographs cover eighteenth-century marriage, the legal regulation of cohabitation from 1600 to the present day, and the law relating to royal marriages.

Stephen Gilmore is a Senior Lecturer in Law at King's College London. He is joint author of Hayes and Williams' Family Law published by Oxford University Press, and of Children: The Modern Law published by Jordan Publishing. He has written on a wide range of issues in family law and child law, and has a particular interest in the law relating to children's rights, parental responsibility and the resolution of parental disputes.