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Family Law, 2nd Edition

Family Law, 2nd Edition

Name: Family Law, 2nd Edition
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780192893536
Price: 693.42 HKD
Availability: InStock
Author: Ruth Lamont
ISBN: 9780192893536

By Ruth Lamont

Oxford University Press March 2022

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780192893536
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: March 2022
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Family Law offers an engaging and debate-driven guide to the subject, with each chapter crafted by a team of highly experienced teachers writing on their specialist subject under the expert editorship of Ruth Lamont.

Each chapter is a superbly clear guide to the topic, structured around the key debates central to that topic, which are then explored in detail throughout the chapter. Students are thereby introduced to an enlightening range of perspectives on the key issues in family law today, allowing them to formulate their own opinions and arguments. The social, economic, and political backdrop to each topic is also extensively discusssed to ensure that students' understanding is grounded in this essential context.

1: Family life and the law, Ruth Lamont
2: Marriage, civil partnership, and cohabitation, Andrew Hayward
3: Seeking a divorce, Edwina Higgins & Kathryn Newton
4: Property division on divorce, Polly Morgan
5: Property division on the breakdown of non-marital relationships, Warren Barr
6: Child support, Lara Walker
7: Domestic violence and abuse, Anna Carline & Roxanna Dehaghani
8: Legal parenthood and parental responsibility, Kirsty Horsey
9: Private child law, Annika Newnham
10: The medical treatment of children, Dianne Scullion
11: Public law protection, Penelope Russell
12: Adoption, Julie Doughty
13: Human rights, children's rights, and the family, Helen Stalford & Seamus Byrne
14: International family law, Ruth Lamont
15: Family law in practice, Patrick Nicholls