Böcker av Kenneth McK. Norrie

The first comprehensive account of how the law and practice of child protection in Scotland has developed from its earliest origins to the present day, within the context of a changing world. Kenneth Norrie traces the assumptions that underlay child protection law at particular periods of time and identifies the pressures for change: this in order to afford a clearer understanding of how and why the contemporary law is designed and operates as it does. Particular issues are traced in legislative detail, including court processes, the changing thresholds for state intervention, the increasing regulation of children's homes and foster care, the developing rules on corporal punishment and the earlier practice of compulsory emigration to the colonies of children removed from their parents. The transformation of adoption is also covered in comprehensive detail. In drawing out key themes and common threads, Norrie sets contemporary developments against their historical context and offers a fuller understanding of child protection law in Scotland. Key Features: - Places the Scottish juvenile court in world-wide perspective and explores why the juvenile court ideals remain central to the contemporary children's hearing system in Scotland, dealing with both child offenders and neglected and abused children. - Offers detailed analysis of the legislation and explores the parliamentary debates surrounding Acts including the Children Act 1908, the Adoption of Children (Scotland) Act 1930, the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Acts 1932 and 1937, the Children Act 1948, the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, and the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 - Preserves in accessible form many long-forgotten legal and social aims, cases and secondary legislation Kenneth McK. Norrie is Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde.

Covering all the major legislation, Scottish Family Law is designed for new students of the subject. It gives you a framework for understanding how family law operates and will help you to prepare for your exams. Each chapter includes lists of essential facts and cases to illustrate how the rules described are applied in practice.

EDINBURGH LAW ESSENTIALS Series editor: Nicholas Grier, Napier University Edinburgh Law Essentials is a fresh series of concise study and revision guides for students of law in Scotland. Designed to provide a quick understanding, to support students through a course and as a time-saving revision guide, each title brings a particular topic into sharp focus. A clear and concise study and revision guide for students of family law in Scotland Covering all the major legislation, Scottish Family Law is designed for new students of the subject. It gives you a framework for understanding how family law operates and will help you to prepare for your exams. Each chapter includes lists of essential facts, statutes and cases to illustrate how the rules described are applied in practice. Key Features - Takes full account of the substantial statutory developments in the field in the past thirty years - Covers two major recent Acts: the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 and the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 - Includes important legislation such as the Civil Partnership Act 2004, Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 - Includes details of many major Scottish Court Decisions Kenneth McK. Norrie is Professor of Law at Strathclyde Law School. He has taught Family Law for over twenty years, both in Scotland and abroad, and has written many of the major textbooks on the subject, as well as numerous articles on child protection and same-sex families. He has advised the Scottish Parliament on most of its recent family law legislation and was a member of the children's panel for ten years. Cover design: Stuart Dalziel [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com

This collection of short articles, aimed at practitioners and family law students, 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.

The Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 amends, updates and improves various aspects of Scottish family law, as well as introducing important new provisions for cohabiting couples. This book - containing the text of the substantive provisions and commentary thereupon - is an excellent companion to the new Act for all those who are involved in, or have an interest in, family law. Written by leading academic - Professor Kenneth Norrie - this authoritative text is an essential source of reference for family law practitioners and an essential guide for anyone who needs to understand the impact of the new legislation. Contents: Introduction Marriage and Civil Partnership Occupancy Rights, Interdicts and Powers of Arrest Divorce and Dissolution Children Cohabitation Civil Partners and Same-sex Cohabitants Jurisdiction and Private International Law The Author: Kenneth McK Norrie is a Professor of Law and Head of the Law School at the University of Strathclyde. [DUP logo]