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Research Handbook on Family Property and the Law / edited by Margaret Briggs and Andy Hayward.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research handbooks in family law.
- Research Handbooks in Family Law Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Domestic relations--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Domestic relations.
- Inheritance and succession--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Inheritance and succession.
- Land tenure--Law and legislation.
- Land tenure.
- Property--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Property.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (532 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2024]
- Summary:
- This pivotal Research Handbook analyses the interconnectedness of family property and the law through historical, contemporary, comparative and jurisdiction-specific lenses. Authors analyse some of the most well-known, contested and politicised legal developments in the field of family property law.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- 1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Family Property and the Law
- Part I The origins of family property
- 2. Family property in Roman law
- 3. Family property law: a touchstone of long-term continuity and change in societies
- 4. Early modern family property: coverture and Dewar's 'familialisation'
- 5. Family homes on Indigenous lands: an illumination on the complexity of family property law
- 6. Matrimonial property in Islamic law
- 7. Family property in Asia
- 8. An African perspective on family property and customary law
- Part II The recipients of family property: who benefits?
- 9. A queer perspective on property protections in marriage and other registered partnerships
- 10. The evolution of family law: judicial recognition of the diversity of modern marriage-like relationships in South Africa and beyond
- 11. Property rights of cohabitants in New Zealand
- 12. Non-conjugal couples and legislated cohabitation
- 13. Children and the reach of family property: the rhetoric and the reality
- 14. Family property and entitlement upon death in England and Wales
- 15. Family property entitlements on death in New Zealand
- Part III The recognition and reach of family property: what property is covered?
- 16. Classification of community property: a US perspective
- 17. The legal conceptualisation of family property interests in Australia
- 18. Distribution of family property in Germany: family law and beyond
- Part IV The redistribution of family property: how is family property distributed?
- 19. Matrimonial property and marital agreements in comparative perspective
- 20. Community of property and separation of property in Belgium: a gradual harmonisation in the name of fairness?
- 21. Family property in Chile.
- 22. Switzerland: participation in acquisitions
- 23. Bespoke justice and equitable redistribution in Ireland: an optical illusion?
- Part V Policy and family property
- 24. Who's afraid of the gold digger?
- 25. Financial remedies in England and Wales: what about the majority?
- 26. Feminism and family property
- 27. Family property over time
- Part VI The frontiers of family property
- 28. Burns v Burns: the fable forty years on
- 29. Remaking family property law in the Anglo Caribbean
- 30. Family property disputes in Singapore
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Briggs, Margaret Research Handbook on Family Property and the Law
- ISBN:
- 9781802204681
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