Australian family law in context : commentary and materials / by Patrick Parkinson.
2023
N170.K1 PAR 2023
Available at Brisbane, Rockhampton, Cairns
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Title
Australian family law in context : commentary and materials / by Patrick Parkinson.
Author
Edition
8th edition
ISBN
9780455247366 paperback
Imprint
Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook Co., 2023.
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
xxx, 808 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
N170.K1 PAR 2023
Summary
Australian Family Law in Context: Commentary and Materials 8ed, provides a contemporary and innovative examination of family law materials from a range of disciplines and a diversity of perspectives. All viewpoints that may be found in the legal literature on family law are represented in the book through extracts, notes and questions. This test remains the primary resource for law students and a major reference work for others interested in family law. - Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Part 1: The family in context
1. Trends in Australian families
Part 2: Family law in context
2. The historical context
3. The constitutional context
4. Family violence
Part 3: The resolution of family disputes
5. Courts in family law
6. Dispute resolution in family law
7. Family lawyers and professional ethics
Part 4: The formation and dissolution of marriage
8. Marriage
9. Divorce
Part 5: Economic aspects of relationship breakdown
10. The economic context
11. Child support
12. Maintenance
13. Private ordering of property distribution and maintenance
14. Property under the Family Law Act
15. Discretion and process in family property disputes
16. Property and the rights of third parties
17. De Facto relationships and property division
Part 6: Children in family law
18. Children's rights and best interests
19. Parenthood
20. Children and relationship breakdown: the psychological context
21. Parenting orders: general principles
22. Children's matters: particular kinds of disputes.
1. Trends in Australian families
Part 2: Family law in context
2. The historical context
3. The constitutional context
4. Family violence
Part 3: The resolution of family disputes
5. Courts in family law
6. Dispute resolution in family law
7. Family lawyers and professional ethics
Part 4: The formation and dissolution of marriage
8. Marriage
9. Divorce
Part 5: Economic aspects of relationship breakdown
10. The economic context
11. Child support
12. Maintenance
13. Private ordering of property distribution and maintenance
14. Property under the Family Law Act
15. Discretion and process in family property disputes
16. Property and the rights of third parties
17. De Facto relationships and property division
Part 6: Children in family law
18. Children's rights and best interests
19. Parenthood
20. Children and relationship breakdown: the psychological context
21. Parenting orders: general principles
22. Children's matters: particular kinds of disputes.
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