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Summary: Unrivalled reader-friendly text
Comment: This is a must buy for any family law undergraduate.
This book was indispensable to me while I was studying during my LLB for Family law. If you are an undergraduate student, you may remember that some textbooks can be very heavy (in weight) and indecipherable in writing style - maybe because of the topic (EU law etc). Herring manages to deal with a difficult and rapidly developing topic with clarity and sensitivity. You must understand that by the time a textbook is published, often parts of it are obsolete because law moves on. Family law is no exception to this and infact probably changes more radically than other areas. Herring manages to insert a lot of rationale behind the argues surrounding a topic - say upholding marriage as an institution - where law is changing rapidly (to continue with the example, civil partnerships).
Herring text is particularly strong in:
- divorce;
- ancillary relief;
- adoption;
- marriage; and
- mediation/adr
What this book does better than most is not to over simplify but rather to consolidate the law and address the issues responsibly from a sociological perspective while, again, keeping the focus that this is a legal textbook and not a book about society and the family.
I recommend reading this book in conjunction with say the LPC Practice Guide for Family Law. I found that together I had a much clearer understanding of family law in order to get to grips with the bares bones and essentially what the law is. Often a textbook gets so wrapped up in the academic that one can easily be lead astray but that the law actually is.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutely brilliant
Comment: This is by far the clearest and easiest to understand law text book I have ever bought! I am in my second year of a law degree and have just started family law. My lecturer recommended this book and I've never looked back. It is clear, well set out and you really feel as thought the author actually wants you to understand, not just dazzle you with his intelligence. Well recommended!
Customer Rating:
Summary: First Class
Comment: I was tutored by Herring last year for criminal and he's fab. The crim book was incredibly accessible, well-written and amusing and helped the reader get to grips with complex issues in a straightforward way. Though I don't think family law is my thing, I am absolutely convinced that if I were to, this book would be the first one I would buy.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Not a red one
Comment: Jonathon Herrings book on Family Law was invaluable to my 3rd Year law studies. It assisted in the basics of family law as well as the more involved issues. It does require some reading around to be done in other texts but does carry most of the information required in understandable language and layout.
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