A leading text for understanding the principles of family law

Family Law, 11th edition helps students understanding the law with in-built features and reader-friendly content. With updated features to reflect the latest developments in the field, as well as extensive references, this text is the ideal for grasping the key principles of family law.

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

The carefully planned text uses a host of features to help your students cultivate a deep understanding of the principles and issues relating to family law, including:

• Wide-ranging coverage of all essential family law principles.
• A clear and logical structure and signature writing style.
• Consideration of the theories, debates, and political and ethical dilemmas that surround the subject.

All the necessary knowledge to be able to critique the existing law within a sociological context and evaluate reform options.

This edition is fully updated with all significant developments in the area of family law. Updates include:

• The latest available information concerning ethical and social issues discussed in the text.
• All legislation is up-to-date to keep the text accurate and relevant.
• New cases in line with recent developments in the law, such as those surrounding:
• • Parental responsibility and compatibility with the local authority's plans: Re C (Looked After Child) (Covid-19 Vaccination) [2021]
  • What is relevant to the court process in domestic abuse and coercive control: Re H-N (Children) (Domestic abuse: finding of fact hearings) [2021]
  • Rights of trans children to consent to medical treatment: Bell and others v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021]
  • The extent of parental responsibility: MZ v FZ and others [2022]