Families and family law have encountered significant challenges in the face of rapid changes in social norms, demographics and political expectations. The Cambr

The book delves into the 'deeper structures' of the world's legal systems, where law meets culture, politics and socio-economic factors.

We can only claim to understand another legal system when we know the context surrounding the positive law in which lawyers are trained. To avoid ethnocentricit

Offers a comprehensive overview of the key issues facing family law globally, and explores how different countries have tackled them.

The second edition of this casebook has been updated and trimmed, although it retains a wide range of topics and materials. It covers a variety of private inter