Unit name | Advanced Family Law |
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Unit code | LAWD30002 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Masson |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
LAWD20036 Family Law |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The unit will build on and extend students' knowledge by exploring key themes in family law relating to children and adults, which are subject to the Competing pressures of paternalism and autonomy. In particular, in child law it will examine state support for families in need; state intervention for child protection and the provision of substitute families by adoption. Relating to adults it will examine the extent to which individuals are able to make their own financial arrangements for themselves or their children when entering or leaving formal or informal relationships (marriage/ civil partnership/ cohabitation). It will develop students' knowledge and understanding of the role and limits of law and the state in regulating relationships between adults, and parents and children.
By the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
10 lectures (including enhancement sessions) and 10 two-hour seminars
Two summative pieces of coursework of 2,000 words, each contributing 50% to the final mark.
Students will be required to submit one written formative assignment.
The assessments will assess all of the intended learning outcomes for this unit.
Family Law Statutes 2015-16; Probert (9th ed) or Herring 7th ed or Bromley’s Family Law (11th ed); Law Commission (2014) LC 343, Marital Property, Needs and Agreements, TSO; Douglas, G et al (2007) A failure of Trust, UoB/ Cardiff University; J. Fortin (2009) Children's Rights and the developing law, Oxford: OUP; Pearce, J et al (2011) Just following instructions, UoB.