Family Law in Scotland

6th Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-84766-560-7
Verlag: TOTTEL PUB

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

Family Law in Scotland is a well-established, clear and comprehensive survey of Scots family law - of practical use to practitioners and students alike.

Topics are laid out in a clear logical manner covering the formalities and legal consequences of marriage and civil partnership, divorce and dissolution, and important issues relating to children, such as parental rights and responsibilities, protection and adoption.

The sixth edition includes the major legislative changes brought about by the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 and the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomson, Joe

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Getting married and registering a partnership; 2. Legal impediments to marriage and civil partnership; 3. The legal consequences of marriage and civil partnership, part I: general; 4. The legal consequences of marriage and civil partnership, part II: moveable property; 5. The legal consequences of marriage and civil partnership, part III: the matrimonial and family home; 6. Divorce and dissolution; 7. Financial provision on divorce and dissolution; 8. Cohabitants; 9. Parents and children; 10. Children's legal capacity and rights; 11. Parental responsibilities and rights; 12. Actions in relation to parental responsibilities and rights; 13. Adoption; 14. Children in need: duties and powers of local authorities; 15. Children in need: emergency procedures and compulsory measures of supervision.

Über Autor(innen)

Joe Thomson was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission