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Family Law: Text, Cases and Materials, 2nd Edition

Family Law: Text, Cases and Materials, 2nd Edition

Author: Sonia Harris-Short; Joanna Miles
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199563821
Published In: May 2011
Format: Paperback
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Combines a wide range of cases and materials with insightful commentary and analysis, creating a complete resource for students of family law.
Features authoritative author commentary which engages with a range of theoretical and critical perspectives.
A student centred text including a 'Central Issues' section at the beginning of each chapter, which outlines the main topics to be explored
Provides clear and accessible commentary and analysis
Online Resource Centre fully integrated with the main text, providing regular updates on recent developments in family law, further reading, and study aids
New to this edition

coverage of the same-sex marriage case Schalk and Kopf v Austria
full treatment of Stack v Dowden and subsequent case law, and its implications for ownership of the family home
a fully updated chapter on child support, following the reforms implemented by the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008
a revised account of the law of ancillary relief in light of the developing case law, including Charman v Charman and B v B
a fully updated section on private ordering on divorce following the decision of the Supreme Court in Radmacher v Granatino
a fully revised chapter on the allocation of legal parenthood following assisted reproduction in light of the reforms contained within the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
detailed coverage of the debate surrounding the importance attributed to genetic fatherhood in the wake of reforms to the birth registration system and changing judicial approaches to parental responsibility and shared residence
full analysis of key Supreme Court and House of Lords decisions on the importance to be attributed to the fact of biological parenthood in residence disputes (In Re B (A Child)) and on the threshold conditions for state intervention into the family where the child is at risk of harm (Re B (Children) (Care proceedings: standard of proof) and Re S-B (Children))
a fully updated chapter on adoption in light of developing case law under the Adoption and Children Act 2002
The second edition of this comprehensive guide to family law, presents everything an undergraduate family law student needs in one volume. Drawing on their extensive experience, the authors offer a detailed and authoritative exposition of family law illustrated by materials carefully selected from a wide range of sources.

The book has two principal aims: to provide readers with a thorough understanding of the law relating to the family, and to do so in a way that stimulates critical reflection on that law. Readers are encouraged to consider how and why the law has developed as it has, what policies it is seeking to pursue, whether it achieves the right balance between the rights and interests of individual family members and the wider public interest, and how it operates in practice.

The text is supported by a substantial Online Resource Centre, which features regular updates on the law, supplementary materials, further reading suggestions, and study aids. The ORC also features two chapters, Introduction to Family Law, and Fundamental principles in the law relating to children.

Readership: Suitable for undergraduate students taking a course in family law.

1: Introduction to Family Law

2: Family Relationships between Adults

3: Family Property and Finances

4: Domestic Violence

5: Ending Relationships: Divorce and Separation

6: Financial and Property Provision for Children

7: Property and Finances when Relationships End

8: Fundamental Principles in the Law Relating to Children

9: Becoming a Parent and the Consequences of Legal Parenthood

10: Parental Responsibility

11: Private Disputes over Children

12: Child Protection

13: Adoption;

Sonia Harris-Short, Professor of Family Law and Policy, University of Birmingham, UK, and Joanna Miles, Lecturer in Law and Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK

Sonia Harris-Short began her academic career at Durham University and is now Professor of Family Law and Policy at the University of Birmingham. She has published widely in the areas of family law and international human rights and has a particular interest in how the rights of individual family members are protected under family law. She also has a developing interest in gender and the law.

Joanna Miles taught at Christ Church and Lincoln College, Oxford, before becoming Fellow of Trinity College and University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge. She teaches family and criminal law to undergraduate students and comparative family law and policy on the LLM programme. She has published work on both family and criminal law, but particularly on issues relating to family property and financial provision on relationship breakdown. She was seconded for two years to the Law Commission for England and Wales to work on its Cohabitation project and recently completed the first empirical study of new Scottish cohabitation laws with Professor Fran Wasoff and Dr Enid Mordaunt, University of Edinburgh

Review(s) from previous edition

"The authors of Family Law: Text, Cases and Materials wrote this book specifically as a teaching and learning aid for undergraduate family law courses. This is immediately evident in the style and layout they have adopted. The key elements of family law, including property and finances, the law relating to children and child protection are extremely accessible and set out in a manner which makes easy reading for those venturing into the study of family law. Primary source material is quoted in shaded grey text boxes, making it immediately identifiable and ensuring that it does not get lost within the remainder of the text. Additionally, the book does not swamp the reader with too much information. But it is an excellent platform for further research because it provides an overview of fundamental principles which can be easily understood. - The Student Law Journal (Russell Kelsall), Reviewed o