Adult Family Law (M6008)

15 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll explore the key rules and principles of adult family law. You’ll focus on:

• rules on marriage
• unmarried cohabitation and civil partnerships
• domestic violence
• divorce
• child support
• financial provision on divorce
• different methods of family dispute resolution.

Through theory and practice, you’ll cover:

• core ideas in adult family law, such as autonomy, privacy and freedom from discrimination
• the application of family law rules in social and political contexts
• critical reflections on family relationships and how they should be regulated in law.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 20 hours of contact time and about 130 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Law (Graduate Entry) LLB
• Law LLB
• Law with American Studies (with a study abroad year) LLB
• Law with Business and Management LLB
• Law with Criminology LLB
• Law with International Relations LLB
• Law with Politics LLB
• Law with a Language LLB