
The second edition of this comprehensive guide to family law presents everything an undergraduate family law student needs in one volume. Drawing on their extensive experience the authors offer a detailed & authoritative exposition of family law illustrated by materials carefully selected from a wide range of sources. The book has two principal aims: to provide readers with a thorough understanding of the law relating to the family & to do so in a way that stimulates critical reflection on that law. Readers are encouraged to consider how & why the law has developed as it has what policies it is seeking to pursue whether it achieves the right balance between the rights & interests of individual family members & the wider public interest & how it operates in practice. The text is supported by a substantial Online Resource Centre which features regular updates on the law supplementary materials further reading suggestions & study aids. The ORC also features two chapters Introduction to Family Law & Fundamental principles in the law relating to children.