Family Law: A Very Short Introduction

by Jonathan Herring

What is a family? What makes someone a parent? What rights should children have? Family Law: A Very Short Introduction gives the reader insight not only into what the law is, but why it is the way it is. It examines how laws have had to respond to social changes in family life, from rapidly rising divorce rates to surrogate mothers, and gives insight into family courts, which are required to deal with the chaos of family life and often struggle to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199668523
• ISBN13: 9780199668526
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.7"