Author: Nicholas Wikeley Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1847312845 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 614
Book Description
Written by one of the UK's leading scholars of welfare law, this book analyses the current child support legislation in its broader historical and social context, synthesising both doctrinal and socio-legal approaches to legal research and scholarship. The book draws on the historical and legal literature on the Poor Law and the development of both the public and private law obligation of child maintenance. Modern child support law must also be considered in the context of both social and demographic changes and in the light of popular norms about child maintenance liabilities. The main part of the book is devoted to an analysis of the modern child support scheme, and the key issues are addressed: the distinction between applications in 'private' and 'benefit' cases and the extent to which the courts retain a role in child maintenance matters; the basis for, and the justification for, the exception from the obligation for parents with care on benefit to co-operate with the Child Support Agency where they fear 'undue harm or distress'; the assessment of income for the purposes of the formula and the evidential difficulties this entails; the tension between the formula, which ignores the parent with care's income, and the demands of distributive justice; the further conflict between the formula, under which liability is capped only for the very wealthy, and the traditional approach of private law, which is premised on children being entitled to maintenance rather than a share in family wealth; the treatment of special cases under the formula by way of 'variations' (formerly 'departures'); the nature of decision-making and the scope for appeals; and the efficacy of the provisions relating to collection and enforcement. This book has been shortlisted for the 2007 SLSA Book Prize.
Author: Leanne McCarthy-Cotter Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3319987615 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 273
Book Description
This book assesses the 1991 Child Support Act and demonstrates how its failure was ‘foreseeable’ and ‘foreseen’. It provides an understanding of the creation, and failure, of the Act, as well as providing an examination of the British policy-making process. The book re-introduces the ‘stages approach’ as an appropriate framework for examining policy-making in general, and analysing policy failure in particular. It draws on evidence gained through interviews, official documents, unpublished consultation responses, Parliamentary debates, and materials from pressure groups and think-tanks, as well as academic literature. The 1991 Child Support Act is seen as one of the most controversial and notorious policy failures in Britain. However it has received relatively little academic attention. An in-depth analysis of the policy-making process that led to the development and passage of this deeply flawed policy has largely been neglected: this book fills that gap.
Author: Great Britain Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780105406082 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 94
Book Description
Royal assent, 5 June 2008. An Act to establish the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; to amend the law relating to child support; to make provision about lump sum payments to or in respect of persons with diffuse mesothelioma. Explanatory notes to assist in the understanding of the Act are available (ISBN 9780105606086). With correction slip dated October 2008
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 0215708741 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 88
Book Description
Govenrment Bill published 06.06.2007. A Bill to establish the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; to amend the law relating to child support; to make provision about lump sum payments to or in respect of persons with diffuse mesothelioma. Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Education and Skills, will be published separately as Bill 118-EN
Author: Stephen Gilmore Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0198811861 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 889
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive, critical, and case-focused introduction to family law. Hayes & Williams' Family Law helps students to gain a firm understanding of family law principles, the developing law, and key reform debates.
Author: Jonathan Bradshaw Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134607229 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 277
Book Description
Much has been written and debated on lone mothers. However little has been discussed about non-resident fathers. Absent Fathers is part of a growing literature on men and masculinities and takes this debate further. Drawn from one of the best social policy units in the UK and results from the current ESRC Programme on Population and Household Change, it will provide a text for undergraduates in social policy and should also be important for professionals concerned with family breakdown and child support.
Author: Stephen Gilmore Publisher: ISBN: 0198853858 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 929
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive, critical, and case-focused introduction to family law. Hayes & Williams' Family Law helps students to gain a firm understanding of family law principles, the developing law, and key reform debates.
Author: Australia Publisher: CCH Australia Limited ISBN: 1921701390 Category : Income tax Languages : en Pages : 2753
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive consolidation of Australian income tax and related legislation, updated and consolidated for all amendments to 1 January 2011.
Author: Nicholas Wikeley
Author: Leanne McCarthy-Cotter
Author: Great Britain
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons
Author: Stephen Gilmore
Author: Mary Hayes
Author: Great Britain
Author: Jonathan Bradshaw
Author: Stephen Gilmore
Author: Australia