"Table of cases": p. xvii-lv.

"Table of statutes": p. lvii-lvxx.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Marriage: the marriage ceremony -- Capacity to marry and nullity -- The Termination of marriage: Historical evolution of the divorce law -- The Modern law of divorce -- The Modern law of divorce-procedural aspects -- The Social policy of divorce legislation -- Termination of marriage by death -- Protection: Judicial separation -- Protection of the right to live in the family home and protection against domestic violence -- Children and family law: parent and child-introduction -- Parental rights, custody and guardianship: The legal framework -- Exercise of the court's discretion: The welfare principle -- The wardship jurisdiction -- Orders under the guardianship of minors acts 1971 and 1973 -- Statutory powers exercisable in matrimonial proceedings in the domestic court -- The statutory powers of the divorce court -- Custodianship -- Adoption -- Child law and welfare services -- The Modern law of child care -- Unmarried parents and their children -- Family financial obligations and property rights: The ownership of family property -- The Effect of bankruptcy on family property -- Devolution of family property on death -- The case for reform of family property law -- Family financial obligations: introduction -- Financial remedies in the supreme courts -- Financial remedies in the domestic court -- "Private ordering" of financial matters -- The Supplementary benefit system and its impact in cases of family breakdown -- Other social security benefits -- The Impact of the tax system on financial arrangements on breakdown -- The Courts: the Court structure and family law.