Professor Norrie's Commentaries on Family Law / / Kenneth McK. Norrie.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Norrie, Kenneth McK.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.) :; 4 B/W tables

Explores how family law cases have developed and changed within Scotland This collection of short articles, aimed at practitioners and family law students, is full of cases that address the multiple aspects of Scottish family law. Ordered chronologically, it charts the development of family law from the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Scotland Act 1999 to the present day. It pays particular attention to the children's hearing system, the Hague Child Abduction Convention, same-sex relationships and cohabitiation. Key FeaturesCollects key pieces by Kenneth McK Norrie, a leading advocate and one of the foremost academics in Scots family lawGives comparative perspectives, including the important differences between Scots and UK lawClear perspectives on complex case law examples

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Statutes -- Table of Statutory Instruments -- Table of European and International Provisions -- PART ONE: COMMENTARIES PUBLISHED IN THE SCOTTISH LAW AND PRACTICE QUARTERLY -- 1999 -- 2000 -- 2001 -- 2002 -- 2003 -- PART TWO: COMMENTARIES PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND -- 2004 -- 2005 -- 2006 -- 2007 -- 2008 -- 2009 -- 2010 -- 2011 -- Index