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Q&A: Family Law 2007 and 2008
Fifth Edition
Chris Barton and Penny Booth with Mary Hibbs
288 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-929956-0
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Paperback
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19 April 2007
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- Each question is accompanied by author commentary, an answer plan, and a full suggested answer, offering a complete guide to each topic
- Commentaries and bullet-pointed summaries of each answer can be used on their own to summarise a topic, or students can use this framework to write their own answer, making this book particularly versatile and allowing it to be used at all stages of revision
- Summary of each topic at the beginning of every chapter provides a useful overview of each area, reminding students of salient points as they revise for exams
- Contains diagrams and a table to clarify issues and aid decision-making, allowing students to visualise a snapshot of an issue in examination conditions
New to this edition - Includes material on civil partnership
- Discusses recognition of cohabitation
- Covers reform of child support
- Provides questions on work-life balance
- Incorporates questions on equality
- Covers the Adoption and Children Act 2006
The ideal revision aid, Q&A Family Law gives students the opportunity to practise their exam techniques and evaluate and assess their progress. The book is divided into chapters covering each major topic on undergraduate law courses, and contains around fifty questions and answers designed to test even the best prepared student. Each chapter contains an introduction focusing on important legal aspects. Diagrams, flowcharts, and a table are used to clarify issues, aid decision-making and illustrate processes and procedures. After every question there is a commentary highlighting key points, followed by bullet-pointed answer plans, and finally a model answer. The book ends with
a chapter entitled 'Putting it all together' containing a selection of questions each covering several different areas of family law, which will provide the perfect dry run at an examination.
The book opens with an introductory chapter providing guidance on study, coursework, and examination skills. Throughout the book, the authors discuss the most effective techniques for writing examination answers and tackling legal problems, showing exactly what the examiners are looking for. This sixth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover recent developments in such areas as the work-life balance, equality, civil partnership, the recognition of cohabitation, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, child support, the Adoption and Children Act 2006, and the
representation of children.
Online resource centre
Q&A Family Law is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre providing annotated web links and a glossary of terms from the Dictionary of Law.Readership: Suitable for undergraduate students taking an optional course in family law as part of the LLB.
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Chris Barton, Vice-President of the Family Mediators Association and Honorary Professor of Family Law at Staffordshire University, and Penny Booth, Reader in Law, Staffordshire University with Mary Hibbs, Formerly solicitor and Honorary Visiting Fellow in Law, Staffordshire University
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Preface
Abbreviations
Table of cases
Table of statutes
1: Introduction: technique for exams and coursework
2: Family law: co-habitation, weddings, and marriage
3: Nullity
4: Divorce and judicial separation
5: Domestic violence
6: Children: general principles, status, and wardship
7: Assisted reproduction
8: Adoption
9: Children: private ordering
10: Children and the local authority
11: International child abduction
12: Property rights
13: Ancillary financial relief for adults: the courts
14: Child support: the state and the court
15: Domestic partnership contracts
16: Putting it all together
Index
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