Full Description
This collection provides a snapshot of big ideas in family law reform.
The book asks: if you could change one part of family law, what would it be? This deceptively simple question is answered by 10 family law experts and debated within the volume by expert respondents.
The book puts the proposal first, forcing authors (and their respondents) to critically engage with what family law should look like, and where the development of law is needed to address the changing landscape of family life. Cultural and religious plurality, the use of technology, and changes in societal attitudes have all had an impact on the continuing evolution of families. As a consequence, the law has some complex challenges to address in its attempt to regulate familial diversity.
This book is an invaluable resource for scholars of family law, practitioners, policymakers, or anyone more broadly interested in family law reform, and serves as a companion to Hart Publishing's landmark Criminal Law Reform Now.
Contents
Foreword, Lisa Webley (University of Birmingham, UK)
Introduction, Nicholas Hopkins (Law Commission of England and Wales), Andrew Bazeley (Law Commission of England and Wales), Charlotte Bendall (University of Birmingham, UK) and Rehana Parveen (University of Birmingham, UK)
1. A Review of Children's Rights When Parents Live Apart
Proposal: Anne Barlow (University of Exeter, UK) and Jan Ewing (University of Cambridge, UK)
Response: Helen Stalford (University of Liverpool, UK)
2. Legal Parenthood and Birth Registration: Time to Respond to Diversity in Family Formation?
Proposal: Craig Lind (University of Sussex, UK), Philip Bremner (King's College London, UK) and Maria Federica Moscati (University of Sussex, UK)
Response: Julie McCandless (University of Kent, UK)
3. Reform of the Legal Framework for Origin Information in Assisted Reproduction
Proposal: Alan Brown (University of Glasgow, UK) and Katherine Wade (University of Bristol, UK)
Response: Kirsty Horsey (University of Kent, UK)
4. Grandparents and Kinship Carers Act or Granny 'Annex'? Waiting for the Government
Proposal: Samantha Davey (University of Essex, UK)
Response: Felicity Kaganas (Brunel University London, UK)
5. The Case for a Legal Support for Children Bill, to Swiftly Reinstate Legal Aid for those at Risk of Harm or Neglect
Proposal: Mavis Maclean (University of Oxford, UK)
Response: Mandeep Dyal (Cornwall Street Barristers, UK)
6. A New Law of Family Property
Proposal: Sharon Thompson (Cardiff University, UK)
Response: Alison Diduck (University College London, UK)
7. Reform of Financial Provision on Divorce
Proposal: Baroness Deech (House of Lords, UK)
Response: Sir Nicholas Mostyn (High Court, UK)
8. The Adult Intimate Relationships Bill
Proposal: Russell Sandberg (Cardiff University, UK)
Response: Simran Kalra (University of Leicester, UK)
9. Cohabitation Reform in England and Wales: Time for Action
Proposal: Andy Hayward (Durham University, UK)
Response: Rob George (University College London, UK)
10. Nullity Reform: Redefining Marriage
Proposal: Alexander Maine (City, University of London, UK)
Response: Gillian Black (University of Edinburgh, UK)
11. Conclusion, Joe Ailion (Brabners, UK)
