Although disputes upon the termination of a marriage are usually resolved in accordance with a legislatively determined scheme, similar disputes between unmarried cohabitees (except in certain Australian jurisdictions) fail to be determined on the basis of rules developed by the courts. Much of the difficulty surrounding the area is attributed to the fact that it straddles a number of the traditional legal compartments, falling somewhere between equity, property, family, contract and restitution. The present book attempts to break down some of the barriers which in the past have hindered a...