The Family, Law & Society: Cases & Materials

Sixth Edition

Brenda Hale, David Pearl, Elizabeth Cooke, and Daniel Monk

Written by an eminent author team, including two senior members of the judiciary and two experienced academics, provides students with a unique insight into how the law works in practice, and how it is likely to develop in the future, from both judicial and academic viewpoints
Focusing on the major issues of principle and policy, students are encouraged to consider the complex issues that surround family life and the controversial issues which face family lawyers today
A wealth of carefully selected materials introduces students to the legal developments and social and economic trends that have come to shape contemporary family life, helping to put the law into context
Students are given the opportunity to reflect upon their reading, through questions for discussion which are interspersed throughout the text

New to this Edition:

Fully revised to include the significant developments in family law and policy since the fifth edition, including the Adoption and Children Act 2002, the Civil Partnership Act 2004, Gender Recognition Act 2004, and landmark cases such as Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane, Re G (Residence: Same Sex Partner), Stack v Dowden, Wilkinson v Kitzinger.
The text is clearly presented in a new design allowing the extracted materials to be easily distinguished from the author commentary.

The Family, Law & Society: Cases & Materials

Sixth Edition

Brenda Hale, David Pearl, Elizabeth Cooke, and Daniel Monk

Description

The Family Law & Society; Cases & Materials is an invaluable resource for students. Produced by an esteemed author team it provides a wealth of carefully selected materials offering an overview of the social, economic, and political trends which have come to shape contemporary family life. The materials are linked by the authors through detailed commentary, opening up the complex legal issues for discussion and offering academic and judicial viewpoints.

This new edition has been developed extensively to more effectively meet the needs of the undergraduate student, and as such the authors have created a casebook which combines the expertise of previous editions with a strong awareness of today's family law student.

The Family, Law & Society: Cases & Materials

Sixth Edition

Brenda Hale, David Pearl, Elizabeth Cooke, and Daniel Monk

1: The family and the law
2: Relationship recognition: marriage and civil partnership
3: Making ends meet: family resources and state support
4: Divorce and the dissolution of civil partnership
5: Financial provision on divorce
6: Financial provision for separating cohabitants
7: Dangerous families
8: Parents, children and family life
9: Becoming a parent
10: When parents part
11: Social services for children and families
12: The 'permancy principle': who are my family?

The Family, Law & Society: Cases & Materials

Sixth Edition

Brenda Hale, David Pearl, Elizabeth Cooke, and Daniel Monk

Author Information

Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, MA (Cantab), FBA; Lord of Appeal in Ordinary; Visiting Professor of Law, King's College London; Chancellor, University of Bristol, David Pearl, Circuit Judge; President Care Standards Tribunal; Commissioner, Judicial Appointments Commission; Honorary Professor, University of East Anglia; Life Fellow, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge; Bencher, Gray's Inn, Elizabeth Cooke, Professor of Law, University of Reading, and Daniel Monk, Senior Lecturer in Law, Birkbeck College, University of London