/ Edited by Stephen Gilmore, Jonathan Herring and Rebecca Probert
Oxford ;Portland, OR
: Hart Pub
, 2011.
xxxii, 297 p.
: , ill
Papers originally presented at King's College London School of Law in Apr. 2010.
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Introduction : a journey through the landmark cases of family law / Stephen Gilmore, Jonathan Herring, and Rebecca Probert - The Roos case (1670) : the Roos case and modern family law / Rebecca Probert - J v C [1970] AC 668 : J v C : placing the child's welfare centre stage / Nigel Lowe - Corbett v Corbett (Otherwise Ashley) [1971] P 83 : Corbett v Corbett : once a man, always a man? / Stephen Gilmore - Szechter (Orse Karsov) v Szechter [1971] P 286 : 'But I didn't really want to get married' / David McClean and Mary Hayes - Poel v Poel [1970] 1 WLR 1469 : Poels apart : fixed principles and shifting values in relocation law / Rachel Taylor - S v S; W v Official Solicitor [1972] AC 24 : Welfare, truth, and justice : the children of extra-marital liaisons / Andrew Bainham - 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 - Marckx v Belgium (1979-80) 2 EHRR 14 : the Marckx case : a 'whole code of family law'? / Walter Pintens and Jens M. Scherpe - Burns v Burns [1984] Ch 317 : Burns v Burns : the villain of the piece? / John Mee - 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 - R v R [1992] 1 AC 599 : no more having and holding : the abolition of the marriage rape exemption / Jonathan Herring - Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association [2001] 1 AC 27 : Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association : a perfectly pitched stall / Lisa Glennon - White v White [2000] 1 AC 596 : a late installment in a long story / Elizabeth Cooke.