The family, law and society : cases and materials
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The family, law and society : cases and materials
Butterworths, 1996
4th ed
Available at 17 libraries
Note
1st ed.:1983, 2nd ed.:1987, 3rd ed.:1991
other authors: Judge David Pearl, Elizabeth J. Cooke and Philip D. Bates
Brenda M. Hogget:formerly a Law Commissioner, now The Hon Mrs Justice Hale
Bibliography: p. xxvii-lxvi
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Designed to complement existing textbooks on family law, this book provides material which has been drawn from both primary sources and from studies in related disciplines. This edition takes account of all significant statute and case law developments since 1991.
Table of Contents
The family and marriage. The legal structure of marriage. Family economics: income. State support and private support. Matrimonial property. Divorce. Maintenance and capital provision on divorce. Cohabitation. Dangerous families. Parental responsibility. Who is a parent? When parents part. Social services for children and families. The tug of love: parents by birth, fostering and adoption. Adjudication and conciliation.
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