Family Law

Assumptions about the harmful nature of polygamy have left little room for debate, with monogamy coming to represent a hallmark of civil society, a...

Unfulfilled legal needs are at a tipping point in many parts of the Canadian justice system and around the world. The Justice Crisis assesses what ...

What does conservatism, as a body of political thought, say about the legal regulation of intimate relationships, and to what extent has this thoug...

Jill Elaine Hasday's Intimate Lies and the Law won the Scribes Book Award from the American Society of Legal Writers for the best work of legal sch...

Child protection made simple: the plain-speaking guide for all those concerned with the protection of children. Providing a clear and uncomplicated...

The notion that children constitute an important group of rights holders has gained increasing acceptance both domestically and internationally. Ne...

The notion that children constitute an important group of rights holders has gained increasing acceptance both domestically and internationally. Ne...

'Refreshing and honest ... this isn't your standard mum memoir' Psychologies MagazineHow to hold it together, even when things are falling apart.La...

The Ninth Edition of this popular and manageably sized casebook retains the general structure of the prior edition, with its emphasis on practical ...

Compares todays same-sex marriage movement to the experiences of black people in the mid-nineteenth century. The staggering string of victories by...

Over the past thirty years, there has been a dramatic shift in the way the legal system approaches and resolves family disputes. Traditionally, fam...

Transparency describes openness, accessibility and public understanding of the family justice system. The principle of open justice has long been ...

A critical analysis of marriage law in India from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century In State, Law and Gender, Shreya Roy highlights h...

Evidence-Informed Interventions for Court-Involved Families provides a critical, research-informed analysis of the core factors to consider when de...

Evidence-Informed Interventions for Court-Involved Families provides a critical, research-informed analysis of the core factors to consider when de...

Die Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Willens- und Erklärungstheorie zählen zum klassischen Kanon deutscher Zivilistik. Heute wird die Willenstheorie f...

Saskia Lettmaier explores what is arguably the greatest transformation to have occurred within the Western law of marriage in the last five hundred...

Globalisierung vernetzt Akteure, Orte und soziale Dynamiken auf eine Weise, die vom Recht nur ungenau erfasst wird. Insbesondere für ein transnatio...

From the BESTSELLING Law Express revision series.   Law Express Question and Answer: Family Law is designed to ensure you get the most marks for ev...

Broken Three Times is a narrative nonfiction book that chronicles one family's travails through the child welfare system. While this is the story o...

The English legal system in the area of social work with children and families can be bewildering and complex and it is vital therefore that any te...

The English legal system in the area of social work with children and families can be bewildering and complex and it is vital therefore that any te...

'Child Law in Ireland' provides a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the Irish child law system. It incorporates examination of Ireland's int...

This book focuses on the development of marriage law in Ireland from 1937 to the present day, examining the relevant historical legal background to...

The 2023 Supplement captures major family law developments since the publication of the main text. These include edited versions of recent headlini...

The Ninth Edition continues to incorporate judicial opinions from state, federal, and international courts that illustrate the evolution and dynami...

The modern emergence of mediation in the West in the 1980s represents a profound transformation of civil disputing practice, particularly in the fi...