Making Family Law: A Socio Legal Account of Legislative Process in England and Wales, 1985 to 2010

by Mavis Maclean and Jacek Kurczewski

The legislative process is complex, encompassing a variety of aims and outcomes. Some norms and rules are embodied in law because we are simply expected by government to follow them. Others are there for entirely different reasons. A legislator may wish to send messages about what constitutes desirable behaviour, to demonstrate government's ability to deal with a local and short-term issue or to distract the electorate from other crises. Law is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849462275
• ISBN13: 9781849462273
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"