Law and Parenthood by Chris Barton
In recent years, child law has increased in prominence, not only in the public eye and the courts, but also as a study option as a result of modularisation. This book discusses the substantive law, the procedural law, and all the main issues which are commonly raised in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses on the subject. With the implementation of the Children Act 1989 and the Child Support Act 1991, family law practitioners will also have much to gain from this text, as they find themselves increasingly specialising in child care law and private child law. The primary concern of family law tends to be the role and function of parents. This book addresses the key issues of parental rights and responsibilities: a vital approach lacking in most academic law books which instead look at the parent-child relationship from the position of the child.Gillian Douglas is Professor of law at Cardiff University and is widely recognised as a leading authority on family law, a subject on which she has written extensively. She is also the joint case comments editor of the journal Family Law and case commentaries editor of the Child and Family Law
Quarterly. Professor Douglas is the Secretary-General of the International Society of Family Law and contributes (with Nigel Lowe) the section on international developments in family law in the Society's annual International Survey of Family Law. She is currently the Vice-Chair of Family Mediation
Cardiff, an advisor to the Marriage, Divorce and Family Workshops run by One Plus One Marriage and Partnership Research, and an Associate of the National Family and Parenting Institute.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780406044990 |
| ISBN 10 | 0406044996 |
| Title | Law and Parenthood |
| Author | Chris Barton |
| Series | Law In Context |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1995-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 479 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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