By Michael Freeman,

Description

# Presents a succinct but intellectually challenging overview of family law, enabling readers to grasp the essential themes and issues

# Approaches the subject in a number of ways – historically, comparatively, philosophically and ethically – to give readers a good rounded and critical knowledge on which to build

# Examines the concept of rights, responsibilities, welfare, protection, consent and parentage

# Covers a huge range of issues such as reproduction, gay marriage, children’s rights, violence and abuse, equality issues, father’s concerns, the elderly, freedom and consent, and the impact on the medically assisted

# Looks at the current legal system and the different methods for reaching a resolution including mediation and other forms of ADR

# Examines the impact of cultural pluralism, and the importance of feminism, religion and secularism

# Considers the role social services, paediatrics and the police play

# Covers all key legislation and case law, including the ECHR and the UN Convention on the Rights of The Child

Contents

# Marriage and other Relationships

# Domestic Violence, Divorce and its Economic Consequences

# Parent-Child Relationships

# Parental Responsibility

# Child Abuse

# Adoption

Published Year: 2007 Format: Paper Back ISBN: 9780421901704 Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Our Price: £ 17.95 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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