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Family Law provides a comprehensive foundation in the key topics covered by courses. It explains the basic principles of the law and practice in their social, economic and historic context, enabling the reader to understand the doctrinal and practical impact of current radical changes in family law in response to cultural and other influences. This second edition has been fully updated in the light of on-going changes to the family justice system including: the modernisation of family justice including the new Family Court Atypical formation of the contemporary family: genetic, adoptive, social or through HAR the proposed administrative extra-judicial divorce process financial orders on married and unmarried family relationship breakdown enhanced parental responsibility, ‘Parental Agreements’ and ‘Child Arrangement Orders’ the treatment of post separation parenting (and the new DWP child support system) reforms to public child law, including changes to adoption same-sex marriage and the impact on traditional marriage and cohabitationVisit the companion website for practice questions, updates to the law and podcasts by the author at http://www.routledge.com/cw/burton-9780415583640

Family Law provides a comprehensive foundation in the key topics covered by courses. It explains the basic principles of the law and practice in their social, economic and historic context, enabling the reader to understand the doctrinal and practical impact of current radical changes in family law in response to cultural and other influences. This second edition has been fully updated in the light of on-going changes to the family justice system including: the modernisation of family justice including the new Family Court Atypical formation of the contemporary family: genetic, adoptive, social or through HAR the proposed administrative extra-judicial divorce process financial orders on married and unmarried family relationship breakdown enhanced parental responsibility, ‘Parental Agreements’ and ‘Child Arrangement Orders’ the treatment of post separation parenting (and the new DWP child support system) reforms to public child law, including changes to adoption same-sex marriage and the impact on traditional marriage and cohabitationVisit the companion website for practice questions, updates to the law and podcasts by the author at http://www.routledge.com/cw/burton-9780415583640

The Legal System of England and Wales is an ideal choice for all students looking for a modern, contemporary andinnovative textbook on this core area of the law, as its clear explanations, carefully developed learning toolsand focus on modern case law help bring the subject to life.This fully updated new edition includes significantly revised coverage of statutory interpretation; a clarifiedand consolidated chapter on legal professionals; more on new pathways to qualification in the legal profession,and on diversity and well-being; and a new chapter on legal skills. The Legal System of England and Wales will alsohelp students translate knowledge successfully to an assessment situation (whether examination, tutorialpreparation or coursework) through the acquisition and development of key skills, such as problem-solvingand application, critical reasoning and evaluation and research and referencing. The accompanying digitallearning resources have also been updated, including additional video and audio content.The Routledge Spotlights series brings a modern, contemporary approach to the core law curriculum, whichwill help students to:Move beyond an understanding of the law.Refine and develop the key skills of problem-solving, evaluation and critical reasoning, which are essential to assessment success.Discover sources and suggestions for taking your study further.By focusing on recent case law and real-world examples, Routledge Spotlights will help you shed light on the law,understand how it operates in practice and gain a unique appreciation of the contemporary context of the subject.Support material for this text can be found here: https://www.englishandwelshlegalsystem.co.uk

The Legal System of England and Wales is an ideal choice for all students looking for a modern, contemporary andinnovative textbook on this core area of the law, as its clear explanations, carefully developed learning toolsand focus on modern case law help bring the subject to life.This fully updated new edition includes significantly revised coverage of statutory interpretation; a clarifiedand consolidated chapter on legal professionals; more on new pathways to qualification in the legal profession,and on diversity and well-being; and a new chapter on legal skills. The Legal System of England and Wales will alsohelp students translate knowledge successfully to an assessment situation (whether examination, tutorialpreparation or coursework) through the acquisition and development of key skills, such as problem-solvingand application, critical reasoning and evaluation and research and referencing. The accompanying digitallearning resources have also been updated, including additional video and audio content.The Routledge Spotlights series brings a modern, contemporary approach to the core law curriculum, whichwill help students to:Move beyond an understanding of the law.Refine and develop the key skills of problem-solving, evaluation and critical reasoning, which are essential to assessment success.Discover sources and suggestions for taking your study further.By focusing on recent case law and real-world examples, Routledge Spotlights will help you shed light on the law,understand how it operates in practice and gain a unique appreciation of the contemporary context of the subject.Support material for this text can be found here: https://www.englishandwelshlegalsystem.co.uk

This book offers a modern, contemporary and innovative approach to the core curriculum, offering clear explanations to clarify the material without oversimplification. Carefully developed learning tools are used to help students to build their knowledge of the legal system of England and Wales; moreover, all the materials needed by a reader new to legal education are here in one place.English Legal System will also help students to translate knowledge successfully to an assessment situation (whether examination, tutorial preparation or coursework) through the acquisition and development of key skills such as problem solving and application, critical reasoning and evaluation, and research and referencing. The text has been written with the changes to legal education envisaged by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board in mind.The focus throughout will be on recent and key case law and contemporary real-life examples, bringing the subject alive and helping students to understand the foundations on which the law in England and Wales is based. The key pedagogic features seek to embed those legal skills within the context of the content on the legal system.The associated website provides a comprehensive learning environment that will provide further illumination of the text and graphics and that caters for a number of different learning styles with additional video and audio content.

This book offers a modern, contemporary and innovative approach to the core curriculum, offering clear explanations to clarify the material without oversimplification. Carefully developed learning tools are used to help students to build their knowledge of the legal system of England and Wales; moreover, all the materials needed by a reader new to legal education are here in one place.English Legal System will also help students to translate knowledge successfully to an assessment situation (whether examination, tutorial preparation or coursework) through the acquisition and development of key skills such as problem solving and application, critical reasoning and evaluation, and research and referencing. The text has been written with the changes to legal education envisaged by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board in mind.The focus throughout will be on recent and key case law and contemporary real-life examples, bringing the subject alive and helping students to understand the foundations on which the law in England and Wales is based. The key pedagogic features seek to embed those legal skills within the context of the content on the legal system.The associated website provides a comprehensive learning environment that will provide further illumination of the text and graphics and that caters for a number of different learning styles with additional video and audio content.