Jonathan Herring - Beginning Family Law

Beginning
Family Law

Whether youre new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Family Law is all about, Beginning Family Law is the ideal introduction to help you hit the ground running. Starting with the basics and an overview of each topic, it will help you come to terms with the structure, themes and issues of the subject so that you can begin your Family Law module with confidence.

Adopting a clear and simple approach with legal vocabulary carefully clarified, Jonathan Herring breaks the subject of family law down using practical everyday examples to make it understandable for anyone, whatever their background. Diagrams and flowcharts simplify complex issues, important cases are identified and explained and on-the-spot questions help you recognise potential issues or debates within the law so that you can contribute in classes with confidence.

Beginning Family Law is an ideal first introduction to the subject for LLB, GDL or ILEX students and especially international students, those enrolled on distance learning courses or on other degree programmes.

Jonathan Herring is a Tutor and Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford. His research interests lie in criminal law, family law and medical law and he is the author of a number of best-selling textbooks across these areas.

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Beginning
Family Law

JONATHAN HERRING

First published 2015
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Herring, Jonathan, author.

Beginning family law/Professor Jonathan Herring.

pages cm. (Beginning the law)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Domestic relations Great Britain. I. Title.

KD750.H465 2015

346.41015 dc23

2014028354

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ISBN: 978-1-138-77861-0 (pbk)
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