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Description
A well-established, clear and comprehensive book on Scots family and child law that will be of practical use to students and practitioners.
This book is set out in a clear and logical manner and includes chapters on:
· the formalities and legal consequences of marriage; civil partnership and cohabitation;
· divorce, dissolution and the breakdown of cohabitation;
· the rights and capacity of children;
· adoption and permanence; and
· the Children's Hearings System.
The eighth edition incorporates all recent legislative changes including the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Act 2019, Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019, Children (Scotland) Act 2020 and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020.
This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Scottish Law, Scots Law Student and Scottish General Practice online services.
Table of Contents
Part I: Getting married
Part II: Registering a civil partnership
Chapter 2 Legal impediments to marriage and civil partnership
Chapter 3 The legal consequences of marriage and civil partnership
Part I: general
Chapter 4 The legal consequences of marriage and civil partnership
Part II: moveable property
Chapter 5 The legal consequences of marriage and civil partnership
Part III: The matrimonial and family home
Chapter 6 Divorce and dissolution
Chapter 7 Financial provision on divorce and dissolution
Chapter 8 Cohabitants
Chapter 9 Parents and children
Chapter 10 Children's legal capacity and rights
Chapter 11 Parental responsibilities and parental rights
Chapter 12 Actions in relation to parental responsibilities and parental rights
Chapter 13 Adoption and permanence
Chapter 14 Children: responsibilities and powers of local authorities
Chapter 15 The Children's Hearings System
Product details
| Published | Nov 30 2022 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 8th |
| Pages | 504 |
| ISBN | 9781526513878 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Professional |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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In the years since the publication of the last edition of [Thomson's Family Law in Scotland], there have been significant developments, both in case law and via the introduction of new or updated legislation. This book therefore provides a much-needed update to the late Joe Thomson's formative text, which has served as an invaluable source of knowledge and reference for students and professionals in Scotland since the publication of the first edition in 1987. Macfarlane provides a clear yet thorough account of these developments … The continued existence and updating of Thomson's Family Law in Scotland is imperative to ensure that students, policy-makers and practitioners have a comprehensive and rigorous account of how the law is developing in response to complex social changes and international pressures.
Ilona Cairns, University of Aberdeen, The Edinburgh Law Review

























