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With many couples separating every year, the question of how to determine the financial and property consequences of such separation has always been a problem area within family law. For married couples and cohabiting couples, should the principles be the same? Should the division of assets reflect the parties' own expectations or norms imposed by society? These are just two of the questions explored in this collection of essays. Recent cases in the UK's House of Lords have seen a willingness on the part of judges to seek out empirical studies which inform their deliberations, but if the law...

Family Law: Text, Cases, and Materials presents everything the undergraduate student needs in one volume. The authors offer a detailed and authoritative exposition of family law, illustrated by materials carefully selected from a wide range of sources.

Recent years have seen extensive discussion about the continuing retreat from marriage, the increasing demand for the right to marry from previously excluded groups, and the need to protect those who do not wish to marry from being forced to do so. At the same time, weddings are big business, couples are spending more than ever before on getting married, and marriage ceremonies are increasingly elaborate. It is therefore timely to reflect on the rites of marriage, as well as the right to marry (or not to marry), and the relationship between them. To this end, this new interdisciplinary...