Relied on by generations of students and practitioners alike, Bromley's Family Law remains the definitive guide to the subject. Updated by experts in the area, Nigel Lowe, Gillian Douglas, Emma Hitchings, and Rachel Taylor provide an accurate and detailed yet highly readable account of family law. The text presents a broad and comprehensive treatment of the key issues relating to adult and child law in a clear and distilled manner. Regular headings break up the text and allow easy navigation and quick reference for both students new to the subject and those in practice. The new edition has been fully edited and updated to take account of the latest case law and legislation, while also reflecting new debates and emerging issues in the area. Digital formats and resources The twelfth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
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Bromley's Family Law remains the most authoritative textbook on the subject and has been used by generations of both students and practitioners as a reliable source of guidance. It is both detailed yet readable, offering a black-letter account of family law while situating the subject in its UK and international context.
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1: Introduction 2: Forming intimate enduring adult relationships 3: The personal and property consequences of marriage, civil partnership and cohabitation 4: The family home 5: Protection from domestic abuse 6: Divorce and dissolution 7: Child support 8: Financial remedies: the court's powers 9: Financial remedies: principles and assessment 10: The legal position of children 11: Parents and guardians 12: What is parental responsibility? 13: Who has parental responsibility? 14: The welfare principle 15: Children's participation in family proceedings 16: Private law proceedings concerning children 17: Public law proceedings concerning children 18: Care and supervision 19: Adoption and special guardianship 20: The High Court's inherent powers in respect of children 21: The 1996 Hague Convention on the Protection of Children 22: International parental child abduction
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Adjectives such as 'accessible' and 'readable' spring to mind when describing this book. It lends itself to being dipped into. Authoritative without being didactic, Bromley's is a perennial favourite.
Comprehensive scope and content coverage ensures the text is suitable for a wide range of courses and is the go-to reference guide for both students and practitioners The authors continue Peter Bromley's legacy, providing a clear and accurate account of current family law practice while examining areas for development and debate Detailed discussion is clearly distilled and broken down throughout each chapter to ensure students new to the subject are informed, not overwhelmed Regular headings and chapter overviews are used to signpost discussion and ensure easy navigation, helping readers to quickly find what they need whether in class, court, or office Pays particular attention to the international elements of child law, considering the cross-jurisdictional issues of the subject Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support
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Nigel Lowe is Emeritus Professor of Law at Cardiff University. He is a child law specialist with a particular expertise on adoption, wardship and the inherent jurisdiction and on international aspects of child law. Gillian Douglas is Professor of Law Emerita at King's College London. Her work explores the relationship between family law and social change across the whole of the family life course, from the creation of families, through family obligation and relationship breakdown, to inheritance law. Emma Hitchings is a Professor of Family Law at the University of Bristol Law School. Her research interests within the family law field include financial remedies on relationship breakdown and the family justice system. Rachel Taylor is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford. Her research interests concern the protection and implementation of children's rights.
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Comprehensive scope and content coverage ensures the text is suitable for a wide range of courses and is the go-to reference guide for both students and practitioners The authors continue Peter Bromley's legacy, providing a clear and accurate account of current family law practice while examining areas for development and debate Detailed discussion is clearly distilled and broken down throughout each chapter to ensure students new to the subject are informed, not overwhelmed Regular headings and chapter overviews are used to signpost discussion and ensure easy navigation, helping readers to quickly find what they need whether in class, court, or office Pays particular attention to the international elements of child law, considering the cross-jurisdictional issues of the subject Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198806691
Publisert
2021
Utgave
12. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
1686 gr
Høyde
245 mm
Bredde
170 mm
Dybde
39 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
992

Biographical note

Nigel Lowe is Emeritus Professor of Law at Cardiff University. He is a child law specialist with a particular expertise on adoption, wardship and the inherent jurisdiction and on international aspects of child law. Gillian Douglas is Professor of Law Emerita at King's College London. Her work explores the relationship between family law and social change across the whole of the family life course, from the creation of families, through family obligation and relationship breakdown, to inheritance law. Emma Hitchings is a Professor of Family Law at the University of Bristol Law School. Her research interests within the family law field include financial remedies on relationship breakdown and the family justice system. Rachel Taylor is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford. Her research interests concern the protection and implementation of children's rights.