Making family law : a socio-legal account of legislative process in England and Wales, 1985-2010 / Mavis Maclean with Jacek Kurczewski.
2011
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Making family law : a socio-legal account of legislative process in England and Wales, 1985-2010 / Mavis Maclean with Jacek Kurczewski.
Published
Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2011.
ISBN
9781849462273
1849462275
1849462275
Description
x, 122 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)696098996
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
v
Preface
ix
1.
Introduction
1
What is Law-making?
2
Who Makes Law?
3
The Purpose and Limitation of Law-making
4
The Legislative Context
5
Anglo-Polish Comparisons
6
Case Studies in the Reform of English Family Law, 1829-2009
15
What Constitutes Legislative Success?
18
2.
Successful Codification: The Making of the Children Act (England and Wales) 1989
20
Public and Private Family Law
20
The Children Act (England and Wales) 1989
23
Concluding Observations
35
3.
Prime Ministerial Intervention: The Child Support Act 1991
38
Background
40
The Development of the Child Support Act
41
The Content of the Child Support Bill
48
Passage of the Act
49
Looking Back at the Child Support Act
52
4.
Campaigns and Tactics: Batman and Robin and the Children Adoption Act 2006
56
Background
58
5.
Opening up the Family Courts: The Media, the Ministry and the Children, Schools and Families Act 2010
75
Background
77
The Consultation Processes
78
Detailed Policy Work: Moving Slowly Forward
84
Progress?
87
A Success?
92
6.
Reflections
96
Introduction
96
Barriers to Achieving Effective Legislation
103
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Legislative Change when the Process has been Completed
104
Challenges to Legislative Change
105
Adaptation to Legislation and Normative Change over Time
106
From Social Problem to Law
108
How Much New Law Do We Need?
109
Bibliography
113
Index
117