Law, Law Reform and the Family

Name: Law, Law Reform and the Family
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ISBN: 9780198268710

ISBN-10: 0198268718

ISBN-13: 9780198268710

Edition: 1999

Authors: Stephen Cretney

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This collection of essays examine the process and problems of law reform with special reference to the development of family law. The author, Stephen Cretney, who is one of the UK's most distinguished family lawyers, demonstrates the different pressures and influences that affect the development of the law, including the views of judges, the advice of civil servants and the requirements of Parliamentary drafting to an extent which has not previously been appreciated. Topics covered include the involvement of the Church in the 1969 divorce reforms; the struggle for power within the family from 1925 to 1975; approaches to the reform of intestacy; the Children Act of 1948; and the early days…

Book details

List price: $185.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/18/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 314
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



Preface


Table of Cases


Table of UK Statutes


Introduction



The Law Commission: New Dawns and False Dawns



Putting Asunder and Coming Together: Church, State and the 1969 divorce reforms



The Forfeiture Act 1982: A Case Study of the Private Member's Bill as an Instrument of Law Reform



`Disgusted, Buckingham Palace . . .': Divorce, Indecency and the Press, 1926



Marriage Saving and the Early Days of Conciliation: the role of Claud Mullins



Tell me the old, old story - the Denning Report fifty years on



`What will the women want next?' The struggle for power within the family, 1925-1975



Adoption - From Contract to Status?



The State as a Parent: the Children Act 1948



Dividing Family Property on Death: Approaches to Reform of Intestacy


Index