Table of Contents

1. Introduction: A Journey Through the Landmark Cases of Family Law Stephen Gilmore, Jonathan Herring and Rebecca Probert 2. The Roos Case (1670) The Roos Case and Modern Family Law Rebecca Probert 3. J v C [1970] AC 668 J v C: Placing the Child's Welfare Centre Stage Nigel Lowe 4. Corbett v Corbett (Otherwise Ashley)[1971] P 83 Corbett v Corbett: Once a Man, Always a Man? Stephen Gilmore 5. Szechter (Orse Karsov) v Szechter [1971] P 286 'But I Didn't Really Want to Get Married' David McClean and Mary Hayes 6. Poel v Poel [1970] 1 WLR 1469 Poels Apart: Fixed Principles and Shifting Values in Relocation Law Rachel Taylo r 7. S v S; W v Official Solicitor [1972] AC 24 Welfare, Truth and Justice: The Children of Extra-marital Liaisons Andrew Bainham 8. Wachtel v Wachtel [1973] Fam 72 Bringing an End to the Matrimonial Post Mortem: Wachtel vWachtel and its Enduring Significance for Ancillary Relief Gillian Douglas 9. Marckx v Belgium (1979–80) 2 EHRR 14 The Marckx Case: A 'Whole Code of Family Law'? Walter Pintens and Jens M Scherpe 10. Burns v Burns [1984] Ch 317 Burns v Burns: The Villain of the Piece? John Mee 11. Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority and Department of Health and Social Security [1986] AC 112 The Gillick Decision – Not Just a High-water Mark Jane Fortin 12. R v R [1992] 1 AC 599 No More Having and Holding: The Abolition of the Marital Rape Exemption Jonathan Herring 13. Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association [2001] 1 AC 27 Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association: A Perfectly Pitched Stall Lisa Glennon 14. White v White [2000] 1 AC 596 A Late Instalment in a Long Story Elizabeth Cooke

About the Author

Stephen Gilmore is Senior Lecturer in Family Law at King's College London. Jonathan Herring is a University Lecturer and Fellow and Tutor in Law at Exeter College, Oxford University. Rebecca Probert is Professor of Law at the University of Warwick.

Reviews

...a journey through the 'landmark cases' skilfully selected by the Editors of this Volume provides an effective way of making a study of the law both exciting and pleasurable. But these cases do more than that: they illustrate many of the great changes which have occurred (especially since the end of World War II) in society and in social institutions. The cases discussed also open up many of the fundamental (and often profoundly difficult) moral and social issues which have to be confronted by lawmakers and others who have to resolve them. From the foreword by Stephen Cretney