Hayes & William's Family Law /
Stephen Gilmore
Hayes & William's Family Law / Stephen Gilmore, Lisa Glennon - 4th edition - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. - lxvi, 717 pages ; 25 cm
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Adult Family Law --
1. Formation of Adult Relationships --
1. Marriage --
2. Void Marriages --
3. Voidable Marriages --
4. Sham Marriages --
5. Forced Marriages --
6. Recognition of an Overseas Marriage --
7. Removal of Section 11(C) of the MCA 1973 --
8. Development of Gay and Lesbian Rights --
9. Road to Same-Sex Marriage --
10. Legal Consequences of Marriage --
11. Non-Formal Adult Relationships --
2. Dissolution of Adult Relationships --
1. Law of Divorce --
2. Obtaining a Divorce --
3. Criticisms of Divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and an Attempt at Reform --
4. Future of Divorce Law --
5. Other Decrees under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 --
6. Dissolution of a Civil Partnership --
7. Termination of Cohabitation Relationships --
3. Protection from Domestic Violence and Occupation of the Family Home --
1. What is Domestic Violence? --
2. How Prevalent is Domestic Violence? --
3. Explanations for Domestic Violence --
4. Response of the Law to Domestic Violence --
5. Occupation Orders --
6. Persons Not Protected under the Family Law Act 1996 --
7. Protection from Harassment Act 1997 --
8. Domestic Violence and Local Authority Housing --
9. Domestic Violence: Human Rights Implications --
10. Domestic Violence and Child Contact --
4. Money and Property Distribution On Marriage Breakdown --
1. Background to the Current Law --
2. Legislative Framework --
3. Undertakings --
4. Clean Break --
5. Exercise of the Court's Discretion --
6. Pensions --
7. Matrimonial Home --
What Order is the Most Appropriate? --
8. Financial and Property Agreements --
9. Appeals and Rehearings --
10. Financial Provision Orders During the Marriage --
5. Property Disputes of Unmarried Cohabitants on Relationship Breakdown --
1. Ownership of the Family Home: Property Law Principles --
2. Joint Names Cases --
pt. 2 Child Family Law --
6. Financial Support for Children --
1. Child Support Act 1991: Background and Recent Reforms --
2. Child Support Act 1991: The Law --
3. Courts' Residual Role with Respect to Child Maintenance --
4. Courts' Powers --
7. Child's Parents: Parentage, Parenthood, and Parental Responsibility --
1. Child's Parents --
2. Parentage --
3. Legal Parenthood --
4. Making Sense of the Law on Parenthood --
5. Criticism of the Law --
6. Allocation of Parental Responsibility --
7. Duration of Parental Responsibility --
8. Removal of Parental Responsibility --
9. Nature and Scope of Parental Responsibility --
8. Children's Rights --
1. Fundamental Debates Surrounding Children's Rights --
2. Categorising Children's Rights: The Interests Children Might Plausibly Claim --
3. Legal Protection of Children's Interests --
4. Children's Rights in Cases of Refusal of Medical Treatment --
5. Children and the European Convention on Human Rights --
6. Conclusion --
9. Private Law Disputes and Issues in Children Cases --
1. Courts' Focus on Child Welfare: Background --
2. Meaning of `Welfare' and `Paramountcy' --
3. Is Section 1(1) of the Children Act 1989 Compatible with the Requirements of the Human Rights Act 1998? --
4. Criticism of the Welfare Principle --
5. Section 8 Orders --
6. International Child Abduction --
7. Inherent Jurisdiction of the High Court --
10. Children Needing Services, Care, and Protection --
1. Background --
2. Part III of the Children Act 1989 --
3. Significant Harm: The Threshold for Compulsory Intervention --
4. Investigation --
5. Emergency Protection Orders --
6. Police Protection: Children Act 1989, Section 46 --
7. Interim Care and Supervision Orders --
8. Final Hearing in Care Proceedings --
9. Local Authority's Care Plan and Respective Roles of the Local Authority and Court --
10. Legal Effect of a Care Order --
11. Supervision Orders --
12. Deciding Between a Care Order or Supervision Order --
13. Discharge of Care Orders --
14. Contact with a Child in Care --
11. Adoption and Special Guardianship --
1. Adoption --
2. Adoption Service --
3. Decision Making in Relation to Adoption --
4. Adoption Agencies 'Role in Assessing Suitable Adoptions --
5. Rules Relating to Parental Consent in Adoption Cases --
6. Placement for Adoption --
7. Applications to Adopt --
8. Special Guardianship.
Stephen Gilmore and Lisa Glennon provide a timely update to this popular and highly readable account of family law. The book guides the reader carefully through the legislation and case law, explains the principles and policies informing the law, and carefully opens up the topics under discussion.
9780199682188
346.42015
Hayes & William's Family Law / Stephen Gilmore, Lisa Glennon - 4th edition - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. - lxvi, 717 pages ; 25 cm
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Adult Family Law --
1. Formation of Adult Relationships --
1. Marriage --
2. Void Marriages --
3. Voidable Marriages --
4. Sham Marriages --
5. Forced Marriages --
6. Recognition of an Overseas Marriage --
7. Removal of Section 11(C) of the MCA 1973 --
8. Development of Gay and Lesbian Rights --
9. Road to Same-Sex Marriage --
10. Legal Consequences of Marriage --
11. Non-Formal Adult Relationships --
2. Dissolution of Adult Relationships --
1. Law of Divorce --
2. Obtaining a Divorce --
3. Criticisms of Divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and an Attempt at Reform --
4. Future of Divorce Law --
5. Other Decrees under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 --
6. Dissolution of a Civil Partnership --
7. Termination of Cohabitation Relationships --
3. Protection from Domestic Violence and Occupation of the Family Home --
1. What is Domestic Violence? --
2. How Prevalent is Domestic Violence? --
3. Explanations for Domestic Violence --
4. Response of the Law to Domestic Violence --
5. Occupation Orders --
6. Persons Not Protected under the Family Law Act 1996 --
7. Protection from Harassment Act 1997 --
8. Domestic Violence and Local Authority Housing --
9. Domestic Violence: Human Rights Implications --
10. Domestic Violence and Child Contact --
4. Money and Property Distribution On Marriage Breakdown --
1. Background to the Current Law --
2. Legislative Framework --
3. Undertakings --
4. Clean Break --
5. Exercise of the Court's Discretion --
6. Pensions --
7. Matrimonial Home --
What Order is the Most Appropriate? --
8. Financial and Property Agreements --
9. Appeals and Rehearings --
10. Financial Provision Orders During the Marriage --
5. Property Disputes of Unmarried Cohabitants on Relationship Breakdown --
1. Ownership of the Family Home: Property Law Principles --
2. Joint Names Cases --
pt. 2 Child Family Law --
6. Financial Support for Children --
1. Child Support Act 1991: Background and Recent Reforms --
2. Child Support Act 1991: The Law --
3. Courts' Residual Role with Respect to Child Maintenance --
4. Courts' Powers --
7. Child's Parents: Parentage, Parenthood, and Parental Responsibility --
1. Child's Parents --
2. Parentage --
3. Legal Parenthood --
4. Making Sense of the Law on Parenthood --
5. Criticism of the Law --
6. Allocation of Parental Responsibility --
7. Duration of Parental Responsibility --
8. Removal of Parental Responsibility --
9. Nature and Scope of Parental Responsibility --
8. Children's Rights --
1. Fundamental Debates Surrounding Children's Rights --
2. Categorising Children's Rights: The Interests Children Might Plausibly Claim --
3. Legal Protection of Children's Interests --
4. Children's Rights in Cases of Refusal of Medical Treatment --
5. Children and the European Convention on Human Rights --
6. Conclusion --
9. Private Law Disputes and Issues in Children Cases --
1. Courts' Focus on Child Welfare: Background --
2. Meaning of `Welfare' and `Paramountcy' --
3. Is Section 1(1) of the Children Act 1989 Compatible with the Requirements of the Human Rights Act 1998? --
4. Criticism of the Welfare Principle --
5. Section 8 Orders --
6. International Child Abduction --
7. Inherent Jurisdiction of the High Court --
10. Children Needing Services, Care, and Protection --
1. Background --
2. Part III of the Children Act 1989 --
3. Significant Harm: The Threshold for Compulsory Intervention --
4. Investigation --
5. Emergency Protection Orders --
6. Police Protection: Children Act 1989, Section 46 --
7. Interim Care and Supervision Orders --
8. Final Hearing in Care Proceedings --
9. Local Authority's Care Plan and Respective Roles of the Local Authority and Court --
10. Legal Effect of a Care Order --
11. Supervision Orders --
12. Deciding Between a Care Order or Supervision Order --
13. Discharge of Care Orders --
14. Contact with a Child in Care --
11. Adoption and Special Guardianship --
1. Adoption --
2. Adoption Service --
3. Decision Making in Relation to Adoption --
4. Adoption Agencies 'Role in Assessing Suitable Adoptions --
5. Rules Relating to Parental Consent in Adoption Cases --
6. Placement for Adoption --
7. Applications to Adopt --
8. Special Guardianship.
Stephen Gilmore and Lisa Glennon provide a timely update to this popular and highly readable account of family law. The book guides the reader carefully through the legislation and case law, explains the principles and policies informing the law, and carefully opens up the topics under discussion.
9780199682188
346.42015