Landmark cases in family law
By: edited by Stephen Gilmore, Jonathan Herring and Rebecca Probert
Publisher: Hart Pub.; Hart Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9781849461016
Subjects: Domestic relations; Cases; Congresses
Description: As we move forward into 21st century, this is a good time to engage in detailed analyses and 'stock-taking' of the landmark decisions, many of which were decided in the 1970s, and which have shaped modern family law. This book provides a series of studies of the key leading cases, and will be of interest to students and lecturers alike.
Notes: Papers originally presented at King's College London School of Law in Apr. 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a journey through the landmark cases of family law / Stephen Gilmore, Jonathan Herring, and Rebecca Probert; title: The Roos case (1670) : the Roos case and modern family law / Rebecca Probert; title: J v C [1970] AC 668 : J v C : placing the child's welfare centre stage / Nigel Lowe; title: Corbett v Corbett (Otherwise Ashley) [1971] P 83 : Corbett v Corbett : once a man, always a man? / Stephen Gilmore; title: Szechter (Orse Karsov) v Szechter [1971] P 286 : 'But I didn't really want to get married' / David McClean and Mary Hayes; title: Poel v Poel [1970] 1 WLR 1469 : Poels apart : fixed principles and shifting values in relocation law / Rachel Taylor; title: S v S; W v Official Solicitor [1972] AC 24 : Welfare, truth, and justice : the children of extra-marital liaisons / Andrew Bainham; title: Wachtel v Wachtel [1973] Fam 72 : bringing an end to the matrimonial post mortem : Wachtel v Wachtel and its enduring significance for ancillary relief / Gillian Douglas; title: Marckx v Belgium (1979-80) 2 EHRR 14 : the Marckx case : a 'whole code of family law'? / Walter Pintens and Jens M. Scherpe; title: Burns v Burns [1984] Ch 317 : Burns v Burns : the villain of the piece? / John Mee; title: Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority and Department of Health and Social Security [1986] AC 112 : the Gillick decision : not just a high-water mark / Jane Fortin; title: R v R [1992] 1 AC 599 : no more having and holding : the abolition of the marriage rape exemption / Jonathan Herring; title: Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association [2001] 1 AC 27 : Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association : a perfectly pitched stall / Lisa Glennon; title: White v White [2000] 1 AC 596 : a late installment in a long story / Elizabeth Cooke.