| Description | | - Provides a succinct, clear and accessible overview of family law
- Offers an introduction to the themes of family law to provide the reader with a firm understanding of the contours of the subject
- Highlights the principles underlying family law and examines them in a broad context - with particular reference to the advent of human rights thinking and social change
- Modern and thoroughly up-to-date in content, taking into account the abandonment of divorce reform, the new child support scheme, the ECHR and international angles
| New to this edition- Detailed discussion of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, the Lambert v Lambert case, human rights developments and potential reform to the law on domestic violence.
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Gillian Douglas examines family law in England and Wales within a broad social context. The book explores how the law regulates family life, beginning with a discussion of the main social changes and influences on family law in modern society. It then examines which family relationships are legally recognised and the legal consequences that flow from recognition and non-recognition.
Family Law
provides a detailed account of how children's interests are viewed and protected in family law, and concludes with a consideration of how the law handles the ending of family relationships. Throughout, the book draws out the linkages between different aspects of the subject and its relationship with other areas of the law and with other disciplines.
Gillian Douglas also
takes full account of the influence of international law, particularly human rights law under the newly incorporated European Convention on Human Rights.
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Readership: This book is suitable for 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates taking an optional module in family or child law as part of their LLB course.
| Contents |
1.
Introduction: Themes in Family Law
2.
Formation of Family Relationships
3.
Rights and Responsibilities within the Family
4.
The Family Home
5.
Safeguarding Children's Welfare
6.
Ending Family Relationships
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Gillian Douglas, Professor of Law, Cardiff University
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