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.
