This best-selling textbook on family law combines coverage of key family law principles, supported by selected case summaries and legislative extracts, with outlines of the theories, academic research and debates, and ethical dilemmas which underpin the subject.

Contents:

Preface xxi

Guided tour 000

Table of cases xxii

Table of statutes lvi

Table of statutory instruments lxvii

Table of European legislation lxix

1 What is family law? 1

2 Family justice 37

3 Marriage, civil partnership and cohabitation 67

4 Divorce 134

5 Family property 166

6 Property on separation 197

7 Domestic violence 291

8 Who is a parent? 344

9 Parents and children’s rights 422

10 Private disputes over children 506

11 Child protection 593

12 Adoption and children in care 653

13 Families and older people 720

Bibliography and further reading 754

Index 820