Family Law - Issues, Debates and Policy

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Herring is a Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford University. His research interests focus on contract law, criminal law, medical law, and ethics, and he has published widely in these areas. Klappentext Provides a carefully-planned introduction to the key issues and debates within family law from some of the leading authorities within their field. It is designed both as a self-standing book focusing on the key issues in the subject! and as a supplement to more detailed textbooks on the subject. Zusammenfassung This book provides an introduction to the key issues and debates within family law. It is designed both as a self standing book focusing on the key issues in the subject, and as a supplement to more detailed textbooks on the subject. It is essential reading for anybody studying or practising in the field of family law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Marriage and divorce: the regulation of intimacy 2. Division of property upon relationship breakdown 3. Domestic violence: the public-private divide and victim autonomy 4. Parents and children 5. Public law children's cases: whose decision is it anyway? 6. Adoption law: a balance of interests

Product details

• Assisted by: J. Herring (Editor), Jonathan Herring (Editor), Herring Jonathan (Editor)
• Publisher: Willan Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781903240205
• ISBN: 978-1-903240-20-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; England, Wales, LAW / Family Law / General, Scotland, Family Law, Wales / Cymru