Each chapter is concerned with one of the main areas of family law (such as adoption, domestic violence, marrriage and divorce), and covers a range of themes, including the public/private divide, balancing the interests of family members, moral values and family law, cost and the legal system, and the enforcement of family law. The book reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the debates on family law, and the difficult social and political issues which these have raised.
Jonathan Herring is a Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford University. His research interests focus on contract law, criminal law, medical law, and ethics, and he has published widely in these areas.