Family Law in Scotland
6th Edition
Published on 30. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-84766-560-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84766-560-7 (9781847665607)
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Other editions
New editions
Joe Thomson
Family Law in Scotland
Book
09/2014
7th Edition
Bloomsbury Professional
€74.47
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Person
Joe Thomson was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission
Content
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.