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1 online resource (251 pages) |
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Intro; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1. Introduction; Justifications; Boundaries and Questions; Theoretical Framework; Chapter Outline; A Final Note; 2. Conservatism and Family Law; Introduction; What is Conservatism?; The Knowledge Principle; The Change Principle; Conservatism and the Family; Concluding Remarks; 3. Marriage and Divorce in Transition: The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984; Introduction; The Political Context: The New Right; The Conservative Party and Family Policy Prior to the MFPA 1984 |
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The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984Conclusion; 4. Major Change?: Family Law and Policy in the Decade Following the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984; Introduction; The Major Premiership: Thatcherism After Thatcher?; Family Law and Policy Prior to the Family Law Act 1996; Major Change?: Some Concluding Thoughts; 5. Divorcing Rhetoric from Reality: The Family Law Act 1996; Introduction; The Genesis of the Family Law Act 1996; Main Provisions of the Bill; Analysis of the Bill in Parliament; Reece and a Post-Liberal Interpretation of the FLA 1996; Concluding Thoughts |
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6. 'Commitment Rewarded': The Civil Partnership Act 2004Introduction; The Conservative Party and Homosexual Law Reform; The Civil Partnership Act 2004: Marriage-Like, Not Marriage-Lite; Concluding Remarks; 7. An Unnatural Union?: British Conservatism and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013; Introduction; From Civil Partnership to Same-Sex Marriage: A Short History; The Background to the Bill; The Main Features of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill; Analysis of the Debates; Concluding Remarks; 8. Conclusion; Question One; Question Two; Question Three; Question Four; Question Five |
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Closing CommentsBibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Domestic relations -- Great Britain
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Conservatism -- Great Britain
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Conservatism
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Domestic relations
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781509915897 |
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1509915893 |
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