Family Law, Longman Law series, 12th edition

Published by Pearson (June 11, 2025) © 2025

  • Jonathan Herring Exeter College, Oxford
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  • A print edition
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  • A print edition

Title overview

For Family Law, Child & Adult family Law, Family Law: Adult relationships and similar modules.

Understand the social issues impacting modern family law with this bestselling text

Family Law, 12th Edition, by Jonathan Herring, is the best-selling textbook loved by students and lecturers alike. With a clear and logical structure, this book offers you exceptional coverage of the essential principles of family law. The text guides you through the theories, debates, and political and ethical dilemmas surrounding the subject, ensuring you have the knowledge required to critique existing law and evaluate reform options.

Table of contents

Preface

Table of cases

Table of statutes

Table of statutory instruments

Table of European and International legislation

  1. What is family law?
  2. Family justice
  3. Marriage, civil partnership and cohabitation
  4. Divorce
  5. Family property
  6. Property on separation
  7. Domestic abuse
  8. Who is a parent?
  9. Parents' and children's rights
  10. Private disputes over children
  11. Child protection
  12. Families and older people

Index

Publisher's acknowledgements

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