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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-10019289353X

ISBN-139780192893536

eBay Product ID (ePID)10057243241

Product Key Features

Number of Pages712 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFamily Law

SubjectGeneral

Publication Year2022

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw

AuthorRuth Lamont

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight42.4 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

ReviewsComprehensive and expertly written. I would be eager to recommend this as a leading resource for students

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal346.015

Table Of Content1. Family life and the law2. Relationships between adults: marriage, civil partnership, and cohabitation3. Seeking a divorce4. Property division on divorce5. Property division on the breakdown of non-marital relationships6. Child support7. Domestic violence and abuse8. Legal parenthood and parental responsibility9. Private child law10. Public law protection11. Adoption and special guardianship12. Human rights, children's rights, and the family13. International family law14. Family law in practice

SynopsisThis innovative textbook explores the compelling debates that bring family law alive, offering a critical guide to the subject. Under the expert editorship of Ruth Lamont, each author has crafted a superbly clear guide to their specialist topic, with a focus on areas of controversy and essential context., 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.Family Law is a critical and modern guide to this dynamic subject., 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. Family Law is a critical and modern guide to this dynamic subject.

LC Classification NumberKD750.F359 2022