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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. It guides students through the theories, debates, and political and ethical dilemmas surrounding the subject, ensuring they have the knowledge required to critique existing law and evaluate reform options.
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- Focuses on latest development in cases
- Puts theory into practice: Every chapter contains case studies relevant to the understanding of this complex subject.
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The 12th edition has been fully updated with all significant legal developments in family law, including:
• latest development in cases involving trans/gender-questioning children (Re J (Transgender: Puberty blocker and Hormone Replacement Therapy) [2024])
• the issue of predatory marriage
• the impact of the new divorce regime
• the latest case law on domestic abuse in the family justice system
• the latest judicial analysis of parenthood (Re C (Surrogacy: consent) [2023], P v Q and F (Child: Legal Parentage) [2024])
• and cases such as Re A (Power to Revoke Parental Responsibility) [2023], Gri ths v Kniveton [2024]
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Family Law, 9th Edition, by Jonathan Herring, is the best-selling textbook loved by students and lecturers alike. It guides students through the theories, debates, and political and ethical dilemmas surrounding the subject, ensuring they have the knowledge required to critique existing law and evaluate reform options.
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Table of contents
Preface
Table of cases
Table of statutes
Table of statutory instruments
Table of European and International legislation
- What is family law?
- Family justice
- Marriage, civil partnership and cohabitation
- Divorce
- Family property
- Property on separation
- Domestic abuse
- Who is a parent?
- Parents' and children's rights
- Private disputes over children
- Child protection
- Families and older people
Index
Publisher's acknowledgements
Author bios
Jonathan Herring is a Professor of Law at Exeter College, Oxford.