What is a family? What makes someone a parent? What rights should
children have? Family Law: A Very Short Introduction gives the reader
insight not only into what the law is, but why it is the way it is. It
examines how laws have had to respond to social changes in family life,
from rapidly rising divorce rates to surrogate mothers, and gives
insight into family courts, which are required to deal with the chaos of
family life and often struggle to keep up-to-date with social and
scientific changes. It also looks to the future: what will families look
like in the years ahead? What new dilemmas will the courts face?
About the Series:
Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original
introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology,
Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the
Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series
provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and
complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or
field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the
subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how
it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every
major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and
abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems
important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general
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guide that will likely prove indispensable.
