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Journal Articles
2012
J M Eekelaar, Self-Restraint: Social Norms, Individualism and the Family (2012) 13 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 75
DOI: http://www.bepress.com/til/default/vol13/iss1/art3
The paper argues that claims that individualism has overcome normative behaviour within families are incorrect, but also that state's should be cautious about translating social norms that operate within families into legal norms. Three types of approach to the relationship between legal and social norms within families are sketched, and it is suggested that one, styled "purposive abstention",should normally be preferred.
L Ferguson, ''Not Merely Rights for Children but Children's Rights: The Theory Gap and the Assumption of the Importance of Children's Rights' (2012) International Journal of Children's Rights (forthcoming)
L Ferguson, '“Families in all their Subversive Variety”: Over-Representation, the Ethnic Child Protection Penalty, and Responding to Diversity whilst Protecting Children' (2012) Studies in Law, Politics, and Society (forthcoming)
R George, 'The International Relocation Debate' (2012) Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
2011
S J Bright and J Bettle, 'Ashby v Kilduff – a modern day morality tale?' (2011) 41 Family Law 168
J M Eekelaar, Evaluating Legal Regulation of Family Behaviour (2011) 1 17
This paper centres on the distinction between norms related to family behaviour expressed through state law and practice and such behaviour itself. Such expression requires justification because it prescribes rather than describes social behaviour. It is maintained that a necessary condition for justification should be that the family-related norm enhances the well-being of individuals in the family, and that the application of this condition requires careful evaluation of empirical evidence, in particular, an appreciation of the relative effects of legal events and of social behaviour. The paper examines such evidence in regard to a number of issues.
J M Eekelaar, 'Not of the Highest Importance: Family Justice under Threat' (2011) 33 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 311
The articles considers the reasons given by policy-makers for reducing legal aid for family matters and argues that they reflect a diminished sense of the role of justice in family relationships, and blindness to the role of lawyers in resolving family conflicts.
J M Eekelaar, 'The Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill' (2011) 41 Family Law 1209
An analysis of the Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill 2011
ISBN: 0014-7281
Mavis Maclean and others, 'Family Justice in Hard Times: Can We Learn from Other Jurisdictions?' (2011) 33 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 319
R George, 'In Defence of Dissent: R (McDonald) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea' (2011) Family Law 1097
R George, 'Practitioners’ Views on Children’s Welfare in Relocation Disputes: Comparing Approaches in England and New Zealand' (2011) 23 Child and Family Law Quarterly 178
R George, 'Principles Relevant to Child’s Welfare and Best Interests' (2011) 7 The New Zealand Family Law Journal 26
J J W Herring, Robert H George and Peter G Harris, '"With this Ring I Thee Wed (Terms and Conditions Apply)"' (2011) 41 Family Law 367
An article discussing pre-nups
J J W Herring, 'Children first: but which?' (2011) New Law Journal 724
Article discussing how cases involving chidlren with competing intersts should be dealt with.
J J W Herring, 'Moving Forward?' (2011) New Law Journal 1011
Discussion of developments in the law on relocation
J J W Herring, 'Moving Forward?' (2011) New Law Journal 1011
discussion of recent case on relocation of children.
J J W Herring and others, 'No is the hardest word: consent and children's autonomy' (2011) Child and Family Law Quarterly 3
An article considering the interpretation of the Gillick decision
Mikey Dunn and J J W Herring, 'Safeguarding children and adults: Much of a muchness?' (2011) Child and Family Law Quarterly 528
A discussion of legal interventions to protect children and vulnearble adults.
Janet Bettle and J J W Herring, 'Shaken Babies and Care Proceedings' (2011) Family Law 1370
A discussion of evidence in care proceedings with cases involving shaken babies.
J J W Herring, 'The meaning of domestic violence' (2011) 33 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 297
A discussion of the meaning of domestic violence
J J W Herring, 'Who's the Daddy' (2011) New Law Journal 1577
Discussion of LG v DK
J J W Herring, 'Whose Baby is it Anyway?' (2011) New Law Journal 195
Discussion of surrogacy law
2010
J M Eekelaar, Evaluating Legal Regulation of Family Behaviour (2010) 1 International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family 17
This paper centres on the distinction between norms related to family behaviour expressed through state law and practice and such behaviour itself. Such expression requires justification because it prescribes rather than describes social behaviour. It is maintained that a necessary condition for justification should be that the family-related norm enhances the well-being of individuals in the family, and that the application of this condition requires careful evaluation of empirical evidence, in particular, an appreciation of the relative effects of legal events and of social behaviour.
J M Eekelaar, 'Legal Events and Social Behaviour' (2010) 40 Family Law 1094
A description of empirical evidence about the effects of family law on social behaviour
R George and F Judd QC, 'International Relocation: Do We Stand Alone?' (2010) Family Law 63
R George and P Harris, 'Parental Responsibility and Shared Residence Orders: Parliamentary Intentions and Judicial Interpretations' (2010) 22 Child and Family Law Quarterly 151
J J W Herring, '20:10:2010: The death knell of marraige' (2010) New Law Journal 1511
A discussion of pre-nups
J J W Herring, 'Money, money money' (2010) Counsel 26
Consideration of recent cases on ancillary relief on divorce.
J J W Herring, 'Money, Money, Money...' (2010) New Law Journal 300
An article discussing big money divorce cases
J J W Herring, 'Seven ways of getting it wrong' (2010) New Law Journal 718
An article discussing issues surrounding child protection cases
J J W Herring, 'Sexless Family Law' (2010) 11 Lex Familiae, Revista Portugesa de Direito da Familia 3
This paper argues that rights and responsibilities in family law should not flow from the sex of the parties or the nature of any sexual relationship between them
2009
R George, 'The Shifting Law: Relocation Disputes in New Zealand and England' (2009) 12 The Otago Law Review 107
J J W Herring, 'An Age-Old Problem' (2009) New Law Journal 770
Article on law and older people
J J W Herring, 'Heaven Sent' (2009) New Law Journal 1607
A discussion of the Law Commission's proposals on intestacy
J J W Herring, 'Protecting Vulnerable Adults' (2009) Child and Family Quarterly 498
This article considers developments in the law protecting vulernable adults.
J J W Herring, 'Revoking adoptions' (2009) New Law Journal 377
A discussion of when the law allows and should allow the revocation of an adoption.
2008
L Ferguson, 'Rights, Social Inequalities, and the Persuasive Force of Interpersonal Obligation' (2008) 22 International Journal of Family Law and Policy 61
R George, 'Changing Names, Changing Places: Reconsidering Section 13 of the Children Act 1989' (2008) Family Law 1121
J J W Herring, 'Deal or no deal' (2008) New Law Journal 1621
Discussion of enforceability of agreements between divorcing couples.
2007
J M Eekelaar, 'Why People Marry: the Many Faces of an Institution' (2007) 41 Family Law Quarterly
Accepted for the special issue on the Future of Marriage by this US publication in the Fall of 2007, the article draws on the author's research and UK legal developments to contribute to the debate over marriage in the USA.
ISBN: 0014-729X
L Ferguson, 'Uncertainty and Indecision in the Legal Regulation of Children: The Albertan Experience' (2007) 23(2) Canadian Journal of Family Law 159
R George, 'Joint Residence: A Comparison of Practitioners’ Perspectives in England and France' (2007) International Family Law 28
R George, 'Practitioners’ Approaches to Child Welfare After Parental Separation: An Anglo-French Comparison' (2007) 19 Child and Family Law Quarterly 337
2006
J J W Herring and Shazia Choudhry, 'Domestic Violence and the Human Rights Act 1998: A New Means of Legal Intervention' (2006) Public Law 722
Article discussing relevance of HRA to domestic violence cases.
J J W Herring and Rachel Taylor, 'Relocating Relocation' (2006) Child and Family Law Quarterly 517
Article on relocation of children
J J W Herring and others, 'Righting Domestic Violence' (2006) 16 International Journal of Law Policy and the Family 1
Article considering the potential impact of the Human Rights Act on domestic violence cases.
2005
J M Eekelaar, 'Deciding for children' (2005) 7 Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics 66
Discussion of the relationship between deciding issues about children on the basis ofrights and on the basis of welfare
ISBN: 1328-4576
J M Eekelaar, 'Miller v Miller: the Descent into Chaos' (2005) 35 Jordans/Family Law 870
Criticism of Court of Appeal decision on allocation of assets on divorce
ISBN: 0014-7281
J M Eekelaar and Mavis Maclean, 'The Significance of Mariage: Contrasts between White British and Ethnic Minority Groups in England' (2005) 27 Law & Policy 379
Report of data from empirical study on the understanding of the purpose of marriage and obligations arising in domestic relationships, demonstrating differences between white British and ethnic minority respondents.
ISBN: 0265-8240
L Ferguson, 'Trial by Proxy: How s.15 Removes Age from Adolescence' (2005) Journal of Law and Equality 84
J J W Herring, 'Farewell Welfare?' (2005) Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 159
Article on the welfare principle
J J W Herring, 'Why Financial Orders on Divorce Should Be Unfair' (2005) 2005 19 International Journal of Law Policy and the Family '1
Article on financial orders on divorce
2004
J M Eekelaar, 'Children between Cultures' (2004) 18 International Journal of Law, Policy & the Family 178
Discussion oflaw and policy when children are subjected to competing claims from cultural groups
J M Eekelaar and M Maclean, Marriage and the Moral Bases of Personal Relationships (2004) 31(4) Journal of Law and Society 510
J J W Herring, 'Breach of Contact?' (2004) 33 Family Law Journal 16
Discussion of human rights issues in enforcement of contact orders
2003
J M Eekelaar, 'The End of an Era?' (2003) 28 Journal of Family History 108
Describing historical trends in family law
J J W Herring and P-L Chau, 'Cloning in the House of Lords' (2003) Family Law (Jordans) 781
Article discussing cloning.
Books
2012
R George, Ideas and Debates in Family Law (Hart Publishing 2012) (forthcoming)
Ideas and Debates in Family Law is written for the student of family law, at undergraduate level and beyond, who is looking for less orthodox ideas about family law. The book is divided into three sections. The first looks at themes in family law, addressing challenges facing the family justice system, the inter-relationship between rights and responsibilities, and the increasing internationalisation of the law regulating families. The second section is focused on adult relationships: it suggests new ways for the law to allocate legal consequences for families, asks whether the 'contractualisation' marriage will open up the possibility of all the marriage 'terms' being negotiable by the parties, and explores the value of 'fairness' in family finances. The third section is about children. It starts with a defence of the welfare principle, suggesting that some criticism of the paramountcy approach may be based on a parody of the law, and then addresses the importance of keeping parental responsibility and practical parenting connected to one another. Useful as a teaching tool by itself or alongside a textbook, Ideas and Debates in Family Law offers new and thought-provoking perspectives on family law issues.
ISBN: 9781849462549
2011
J J W Herring, S. Gilmore and R. Probert, A journey through landmark cases of family law (S. Gilmore, J. Herring and R. Probert, Hart 2011)
J J W Herring, ÈϹÊóCCÒÂÎ ÏÎËeÈÊÈ (Pretext 2011)
Russian edition of book on arguing.
ISBN: 9785989950775
J J W Herring, Family Law, 5th ed. (Longman 2011)
Textbook on family law
ISBN: 9781408255520
J J W Herring, S. Gilmore and R. Probert, Landmark Cases in Family Law (Hart 2011)
Collection of essays on key cases in family law
ISBN: 9781849461016
J J W Herring, Question and Answer: Family Law (Pearson 2011)
Sample questions and answers on family law
ISBN: 9781408241271
2010
J J W Herring and Shazia Choudhry, European Human Rights and Family Law (Hart 2010)
A detailed analysis of the relevance of the ECHR and rights analysis to family law.
ISBN: 978 1 84113 175 7
J J W Herring, Family Law: Law Express, 3rd ed (Pearson 2010)
A short guide to Family Law
J J W Herring, How to argue (Pearson 2010)
A book giving practical advice on how to argue well, or better, how to avoid arguments.
ISBN: 9780273734185
2009
J J W Herring, Family Law (Pearson 2009)
A textbook on family law
ISBN: 99781405899567
J J W Herring, Older People in Law and Society (Oxford University Press 2009)
A book looking at the legal treatment of old age. It also consider the interaction of social policy and law on the lives of older people.
J J W Herring, Rebecca Probert and Stephen Gilmore, Responsible Parents and Parental Responsibility (Hart 2009)
A collection of essays discussing parental reponsibility
J J W Herring, The Woman Who Tickled Too Much (Pearson 2009)
A light-hearted guide to bizarre family law cases.
ISBN: 9780273723257
2008
J J W Herring, Family Law: Law Express (Pearson 2008)
A revision guide for family law
ISBN: 978140589953
2007
J J W Herring, Caring (Law and Justice 2007)
The article considers how the law interacts with caring practices.
J J W Herring, Law Express: Family Law (Pearson 2007)
Family Law Textbook
ISBN: 9781405847155
2006
J M Eekelaar, Family Law and Personal Life (OUP 2006)
Chapters
2012
R George, 'Relocation of Children in Family Law Disputes' in Rosemary Sheehan, Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley (eds), Vulnerable Children and the Law (Jessica Kingsley 2012) (forthcoming)
2011
R George, 'Regulating Responsibilities in Relocation Disputes' in J Bridgeman, H Keating and C Lind (eds), Regulating Family Responsibilities (Ashgate 2011)
J J W Herring, 'Age discrimination and the Law: Forging The Way Ahead' in Emma Parry and Shaun Tyson (eds), Managing an Age Diverse Workforce (Macmillan 2011)
A chapter discussing the law on age discrimination and how that might develop.
ISBN: 9780230240933
J J W Herring, 'Elder Abuse and Stessing Carers' in J Bridgeman, H Keating and C Lind (eds), Regulating Family Responsibilities (Ashgate 2011)
An article examining the causes of elder abuse and in particular the extent to which the stress suffered by carers leads to abuse.
J J W Herring, 'Family Law' in All England Annual Review 2010 (Butterworths Lexis Nexis 2011)
A discussion of major legal developments in family law in 2010.
2010
J J W Herring, Rebecca Probert and Stephen Gilmore, 'A more principles approach to parental responsibility in England and Wales?' in J. Mair and E Orucu (eds), Juxtaposing Legal Systems and the Principles of European Family Law on Parental Responsibilities. (Intersentia 2010)
A discussion of the English Law on parental responsibility.
J J W Herring, 'Family Law' in All England Law Review 2009 (Butterworths 2010)
discussion of major case law developments in family law in 2009
J J W Herring, 'Relational autonomy and family law' in J. Wallbank, S. Choudhry and J. Herring (eds), Rights, Gender and Family Law (Routledge 2010)
J J W Herring, 'Sheffield City Council v E Commentary' in R Hunter, C McGlynn and E Rackley (eds), Feminist Judgments (Hart 2010)
Commentary on feminist responses to marriage and mental capcity
J J W Herring, Julie Wallbank and Shazia Choudhry, 'Welfare, Rights, Care and Gender in Family Law' in J. Wallbank, S. Choudhry and J Herring (eds), Rights, Gender and Family Law (Routledge 2010)
A discussion of the use of the concepts of rights, welfare, care and gender in family law
2009
J J W Herring, S Gilmore and R Probert, 'Parental Responsibility - Law, Issues and Themes' in R Probert, S Gilmore and J Herring (eds), Responsible Parents and Parental Responisbility (Hart 2009)
Discussion of the nature of parental responsiblity
J J W Herring, 'The Shaming of Naming: Parental Rights and Responsibilities in the Naming of Children' in R Probert, S Gilmore and J Herring (eds), Responsible Parents and Parental Responsibility (Hart 2009)
A discussionof the law and ethics of the naming of chidlren
2008
J J W Herring, 'Child Abduction' in P. Cane and J. Conaghan (eds), The New Oxford Companion to Law (OUP 2008)
J J W Herring, 'Co-parenting' in P Cane and J Conaghan (eds), The New Oxford Companion To Law (OUP 2008)
J J W Herring, 'Family Law' in All England Law Review 2007 (Lexis Nexis Butterworths 2008)
Review of developments in family law
J J W Herring, 'Human Rights and Family Law ' in P. Cane and J. Conaghan (eds), The New Oxford Companion To Law (OUP 2008)
J J W Herring, 'Older People and the Law' in C. O'Cinneide and J. Holder (eds), Current Legal Problems 2007 (OUP 2008)
The chapter considers the legal treatment of old age.
ISBN: 9786199237999
J J W Herring, 'Together forever? The rights and responsibilities of adult children and their parents' in J. Bridgeman, H. Keating and C. Lind (eds), Responsibility, Law and the Family (Ashgate 2008)
Chapter conisdering the obligations owed between adult children and their parents
ISBN: 9780754671091
2007
J J W Herring, 'Family Law' in All England Law Review 2006 ( 2007)
J J W Herring and P-L Chau, 'The Meaning of Death' in B. Brooks-Gordan, F.Ebtehaj, M. Johnson, M. Richards (eds), Death Rites and Rights (Hart 2007)
Discussion of medical and legal understandings of death
ISBN: 978141137322
2006
J M Eekelaar, 'Empowerment and Responsibility: The Balance Sheet Approach in the Principles and English Law' in Robin Fretwell Wilson (ed), Reconceiving the Family: Critique on the American Law Institute's Principles on the Law of Family Dissolution (Cambridge University Press 2006)
J J W Herring, 'Family Law' in All England Law Review 2005 (Butterworths 2006)
Discussion of developments in family law in 2005
2005
J M Eekelaar, 'Personal Obligations' in Mavis Maclean (ed), Family Law and Family Values (Hart Publishing 2005)
A theoretical discussion of the nature of obligations in the family context, designed as providing a theoretical backgrounbd to an empirical research project
ISBN: 1-841113-547-X
Nicholas Bala, Martha Shaffer and L Ferguson, 'Family Law for the Older Canadian' in Ann Soden (ed), Advising the Older Client (Butterworths 2005)
J J W Herring, 'Family Law' in All England Law Review 2004 (Butterworths 2005)
Summary of legal developments in family law in 2004
2002
J M Eekelaar, 'Child Endangerment and Child Protection in England and Wales' in Margaret K. Rosenheim, Franklin E. Zimring, David S. Tanenhaus and Bernadine Dohrn (eds), A Century of Juvenile Justice (University of Chicago Press 2002)
Overview of child protection law and policy in England
2001
J J W Herring, 'Parents and Children' in J. Herring (ed), Family Law: Issues, Debates, Policy (Willan 2001)
J J W Herring, 'The Human Rights Act and the Welfare Principle' in S. Butler (ed), Human Rights at the Millenium (Butterworths 2001)
J J W Herring, 'The Welfare Principle and the Rights of Parents' in A. Bainham, S. Day Sclater and M. Richards (eds), What is a Parent? (Hart 2001)
Edited books
2010
J J W Herring, Julie Wallbank and Shazia Choudhry (eds), Rights, Gender and Family Law (Routledge 2010)
A collections of essays looking at the use of rights in family law, primarily from a feminist standpoint.
ISBN: 10 0415482674
2007
J J W Herring, B. Brooks-Gordan, F. Ebtehaj and M. Johnson (eds), Death Rites and Rights (Hart 2007)
Socio-legal book on death
ISBN: 9781841137322
2001
J J W Herring (ed), Family Law: Issues, Debates, Policy ( 2001)
Internet Publications
2011
R George, Fair Outcomes as Common Intentions: The Debate in Kernott v Jones (2011) Family Law Week
2004
L Ferguson, The End of an Age: Beyond Age Restrictions for Minors' Medical Treatment Decisions (2004) SSRN
This report was commissioned by the Law Commission of Canada. However, shortly after the report was published on the Law Commission’s website in 2005, the incoming Canadian government abolished the Commission and reports on pending issues were removed from the website. It is now available on the SSRN site.
Case Notes
2012
R George, 'Cohabitants' Property Rights: When Is Fair Fair?' (2012) Cambridge Law Journal [Case Note]
R George, 'Reviewing Relocation? Re W (Children) (Relocation: Removal Outside Jurisdiction) [2011] EWCA Civ 345 and K v K (Relocation: Shared Care Arrangement) [2011] EWCA Civ 793' (2012) Child and Family Law Quarterly forthcoming [Case Note]
2011
R George, 'Re F (Children) (Internal Relocation) [2010] EWCA Civ 1428' (2011) 33 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 169 [Case Note]
J J W Herring, Robert H George and Peter G Harris, 'Ante-nuptial agreements: fairness, equality and presumptions' (2011) 127 Law Quarterly Review 335 [Case Note]
discussion of Radmacher v Granatino
2010
R George, 'Re L (Internal Relocation: Shared Residence Order) [2009] EWCA Civ 20, [2009] 1 FLR 1157' (2010) 32 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 71 [Case Note]
2009
J J W Herring, 'Who decides on human rights?' (2009) 125 Law Quarterly Review 1 [Case Note]
A discussion of Re P [2008] UKHL 38.
2008
R George, 'Stack v Dowden: Do As We Say, Not As We Do?' (2008) 30 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 49 [Case Note]
2006
L Ferguson, 'Case Comment: ‘Retroactivity, Social Obligation, and Child Support’' (2006) 43 Alberta Law Review 1049 [Case Note]
Others
2010
J J W Herring, 'How to survive Christmas Rows' (2010)
Reviews
2010
R George, 'Responsible Parents and Parental Responsibility, edited by Rebecca Probert, Stephen Gilmore and Jonathan Herring' (2010) 24 The International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 118 [Review]
2009
R George, 'Responsibility, Law and the Family, edited by Jo Bridgeman, Heather Keating and Craig Lind' (2009) 72 Modern Law Review 147 [Review]
2004
J M Eekelaar, 'Helen Reece, Divorcing Responsibly' (2004) 31 Journal of Law and Society 272 [Review]
Review of Helen Reece, Divorcing Responsibly
Reports
2009
R George and C Roberts, The Media and the Family Courts – Key Information and Questions About the Children, Schools and Families Bill (2009) University of Oxford / Nuffield Foundation
Courses
The courses we offer in this field are:
Undergraduate
FHS - Final Year (Phase III)
The degree is awarded on the basis of nine final examinations at the end of the three-year course (or four years in the case of Law with Law Studies in Europe). Phase II of the Final Honour School includes the first and second term of the final year; the Final Examinations are taken in the third term of the final year.
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The emphasis of this course is on current law as it relates to family matters, but this is placed within the historical, social and economic context in which it operates and the policy issues under debate.
Since marriage is an important institution affecting the legal provisions relating to the family, the law relevant to entering marriage is covered, and, by implication, the law of nullity, which illustrates many of the policy concerns of marriage law itself. The law of divorce remains a central part of the course, although it should be pointed out that legal complexity has now shifted away from issues pertaining to the dissolution of the marriage to those surrounding the financial and property consequences of this. However, attention now has to be paid to the basic institutional structure of the system by which divorces are granted, which requires some consideration of matters which are not usually considered ‘technical law”, but which are of great importance to the legal process, such as the place which mediation or conciliation has within the system. The social effects of the divorce system are also considered.
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Diploma in Legal Studies
A one-year sample of courses from our BA programmes, aimed only at students visiting from our partner universities.
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The emphasis of this course is on current law as it relates to family matters, but this is placed within the historical, social and economic context in which it operates and the policy issues under debate.
Since marriage is an important institution affecting the legal provisions relating to the family, the law relevant to entering marriage is covered, and, by implication, the law of nullity, which illustrates many of the policy concerns of marriage law itself. The law of divorce remains a central part of the course, although it should be pointed out that legal complexity has now shifted away from issues pertaining to the dissolution of the marriage to those surrounding the financial and property consequences of this. However, attention now has to be paid to the basic institutional structure of the system by which divorces are granted, which requires some consideration of matters which are not usually considered ‘technical law”, but which are of great importance to the legal process, such as the place which mediation or conciliation has within the system. The social effects of the divorce system are also considered.
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Postgraduate
MJur
Family Law (also part of the BA course)
The emphasis of this course is on current law as it relates to family matters, but this is placed within the historical, social and economic context in which it operates and the policy issues under debate.
Since marriage is an important institution affecting the legal provisions relating to the family, the law relevant to entering marriage is covered, and, by implication, the law of nullity, which illustrates many of the policy concerns of marriage law itself. The law of divorce remains a central part of the course, although it should be pointed out that legal complexity has now shifted away from issues pertaining to the dissolution of the marriage to those surrounding the financial and property consequences of this. However, attention now has to be paid to the basic institutional structure of the system by which divorces are granted, which requires some consideration of matters which are not usually considered ‘technical law”, but which are of great importance to the legal process, such as the place which mediation or conciliation has within the system. The social effects of the divorce system are also considered.
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People
Family Law teaching is organized by a Subject Group convened by:
Lucinda Ferguson: University Lecturer in Family Law
in conjunction with:
Jonathan Herring: Professor of Law
Rachel Taylor: Lecturer
Also working in this field, but not involved in its teaching programme:
Stephen Cretney: Retired. Formerly Senior Research Fellow at All Souls
Ruth Deech: Chairman, Bar Standards Board, 2009-
Crossbench Peer
Clara Feliciati: DPhil Law student
Rob George: British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mavis Maclean: Senior Research Fellow, Department of Social Policy
Richard Tur: Retired. Formerly CUF Lecturer
