European Human Rights and Family Law

Description

The brave new world of a constitutional right to family life is now with us, since the implementation of the Human Rights Act. This book assesses the impact of the Human Rights Act on family law and explores the changes Article 8 (the right to respect for family life) will make to related areas of law. The book includes a detailed analysis of Articles 6, 8 and 14 and their impact on practice and procedure in cases that involve family life - including pensions, ancillary relief, public and private law children's cases, adoption, cohabitation, same gender relationships, domestic violence, immigration, education, employment, juveniles and minors. The book includes summaries of cases and an explanation of the remedies available for breaches of convention rights including judical review and damages.

Shazia Choudhry is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary College, University of London Jonathan Herring is a Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford and Lecturer in Law at Oxford University.

As a one-stop reference for the law on human rights as it impacts on family law this book excells... [an] excellent book Geraldine Morris New Law Journal September 2010 The book's academic strength will, above all, appeal to legal experts and those navigating the complex cartography of jurisprudence in European family law. NDu Agence Europe March 2010