Hale, Brenda

The Family, law and society : cases and materials / Brenda Hale, David Pearl, Elizabeth J. Cooke and Philip D. Bates - 4th ed. - London : Butterworths, c1996. - lxvi, 731 pages : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes index

The family and marriage. The legal structure of marriage. Family economics: income. State support and private support. Matrimonial property. Divorce. Maintenance and capital provision on divorce. Cohabitation. Dangerous families. Parental responsibility. Who is a parent? When parents part. Social services for children and families. The tug of love: parents by birth, fostering and adoption. Adjudication and conciliation.

Designed to complement existing textbooks on family law, this book provides material which has been drawn from both primary sources and from studies in related disciplines. This edition takes account of all significant statute and case law developments since 1991.


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Domestic relations--England
Family policy
Parent and child

344.20615 FAM