Jonathan Herring - Family Law

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Tenth edition

Jonathan Herring

Exeter College

University of Oxford

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First published 2001 (print)

Ninth edition published 2019 (print and electronic)

Tenth edition published 2021 (print and electronic)

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Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data

Names: Herring, Jonathan, author.

Title: Family law / Jonathan Herring, Exeter College, University of Oxford.

Other titles: Family law (Treatise)

Description: Tenth edition. | Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson, 2021. |

Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: Family Law,

10th edition, by Jonathan Herring, is the best - selling textbook thats

loved by students and lecturers alike. Offering exceptional coverage of

all key family law principles, this book explores the theories, debates

and ethical dilemmas that underpin the subject, ensuring you have the

knowledge required to critique the existing law and evaluate reform

options. The tenth edition has been fully updated with all significant

legal developments in the area of family law-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020058298 (print) | LCCN 2020058299 (ebook) | ISBN

9781292343259 (paperback) | ISBN 9781292343266 (PDF) | ISBN

9781292343273 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Domestic relations -- England .

Classification: LCC KD750 .H47 2021 (print) | LCC KD750 (ebook) | DDC

346.4201/-- dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020058298

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020058299

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Brief contents

Contents

Preface

This text tries to present family law in its context. I hope readers will gain not only an understanding of what the law actually is, but also an awareness of the complex tensions in social, philosophical and political forces which surround family life. This means the text not only contains much law, but also a little sociology, political theory and philosophy. Of course, a little of anything might be said to be a bad thing and the text can only give a flavour of the wide - ranging issues surrounding family life and its regulation. Still, it is hoped the reader can see that family law is not simply a set of rules cast down from up on high, but rules that have to operate in the messy world of personal relations where many people do not know what the law says, and even if they do, do not care very much about it.