Landmark cases in family law / edited by Stephen Gilmore, Jonathan Herring and Rebecca Probert.
2011
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Title
Landmark cases in family law / edited by Stephen Gilmore, Jonathan Herring and Rebecca Probert.
Published
Oxford ; Portland, OR : Hart Pub., 2011.
Call Number
KD750.A75 L36 2011
ISBN
9781849461016 (cloth)
1849461015 (cloth)
1849461015 (cloth)
Description
xxxii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)743254295
Summary
As we move forward into 21st century, this is a good time to engage in detailed analyses and 'stock-taking' of the landmark decisions, many of which were decided in the 1970s, and which have shaped modern family law. This book provides a series of studies of the key leading cases, and will be of interest to students and lecturers alike.
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Papers originally presented at King's College London School of Law in Apr. 2010.
As we move forward into 21st century, this is a good time to engage in detailed analyses and 'stock-taking' of the landmark decisions, many of which were decided in the 1970s, and which have shaped modern family law. This book provides a series of studies of the key leading cases, and will be of interest to students and lecturers alike.
As we move forward into 21st century, this is a good time to engage in detailed analyses and 'stock-taking' of the landmark decisions, many of which were decided in the 1970s, and which have shaped modern family law. This book provides a series of studies of the key leading cases, and will be of interest to students and lecturers alike.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Dr Stephen Cretney
v
Preface
ix
Notes on Contributors
xiii
Table of Cases
xvii
Table of Legislation
xxix
1.
Introduction: A Journey Through the Landmark Cases of Family Law / Rebecca Probert
1
2.
Roos Case (1670)
13
Roos Case and Modern Family Law / Rebecca Probert
3.
J v C [1970] AC 668
27
J v C: Placing the Child's Welfare Centre Stage / Nigel Lowe
4.
Corbett v Corbett (Otherwise Ashley)[1971] P 83
47
Corbett v Corbett: Once a Man, Always a Man? / Stephen Gilmore
5.
Szechter (Orse Karsov) v Szechter [1971] P 286
73
`But I Didn't Really Want to Get Married' / Mary Hayes
6.
Poel v Poel [1970] 1 WLR 1469
91
Poels Apart: Fixed Principles and Shifting Values in Relocation Law / Rachel Taylor
7.
S v S; W v Official Solicitor [1972] AC 24
113
Welfare, Truth and Justice: The Children of Extra-marital Liaisons / Andrew Bainham
8.
Wachtel v Wachtel [1973] Fam 72
135
Bringing an End to the Matrimonial Post Mortem: Wachtel vWachtel and its Enduring Significance for Ancillary Relief / Gillian Douglas
9.
Marckx v Belgium (1979-80) 2 EHRR 14
155
Marckx Case: A `Whole Code of Family Law'? / Jens M Scherpe
10.
Burns v Burns [1984] Ch 317
175
Burns v Burns: The Villain of the Piece? / John Mee
11.
Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority and Department of Health and Social Security [1986] AC 112
199
Gillick Decision --- Not Just a High-water Mark / Jane Fortin
12.
R v R [1992] 1 AC 599
225
No More Having and Holding: The Abolition of the Marital Rape Exemption / Jonathan Herring
13.
Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association [2001] 1 AC 27
241
Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association: A Perfectly Pitched Stall / Lisa Glennon
14.
White v White [2000] 1 AC 596
271
Late Instalment in a Long Story / Elizabeth Cooke
Index
283