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This innovative textbook explores the compelling debates that bring family law alive, offering a critical guide to the subject. Under the expert editorship of Ruth Lamont, each author has crafted a superbly clear guide to their specialist topic, with a focus on areas of controversy and essential context.
List of contents
- 1: Ruth Lamont: Family life and the law
- 2: Andrew Hayward: Relationships between adults: marriage, civil partnership, and cohabitation
- 3: Edwina Higgins and Kathryn Newton: Seeking a divorce
- 4: Polly Morgan: Property division on divorce
- 5: Warren Barr: Property division on the breakdown of non-marital relationships
- 6: Lara Walker: Child support
- 7: Anna Carline and Roxanna Dehaghani: Domestic violence and abuse
- 8: Kirsty Horsey: Legal parenthood and parental responsibility
- 9: Annika Newnham: Private child law
- 10: Penelope Russell: Public law protection
- 11: Julie Doughty: Adoption and special guardianship
- 12: Helen Stalford, Seamus Byrne, and Nazia Yaqub: Human rights, children's rights, and the family
- 13: Ruth Lamont: International family law
- 14: Patrick Nicholls: Family law in practice
About the author
Ruth Lamont is a Senior Lecturer in Family and Child Law at the University of Manchester. She teaches Family Law, and her research has focused on the regulation of the family, children and the management of relationships across international borders in a modern and a historical context.
Summary
This innovative textbook explores the compelling debates that bring family law alive, offering a critical guide to the subject. Under the expert editorship of Ruth Lamont, each author has crafted a superbly clear guide to their specialist topic, with a focus on areas of controversy and essential context.
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A very high standard is maintained throughout - it is clear that each contributor is an expert in their field.
