Family Law Assessment

Assessment task details and instructions

The student must choose one of the following family law subjects in order to research, prepare and present a fifteen minute video presentation through an appropriate multimedia format.

Family Law Subject Areas

• The Formation of Adult Relationships
• Divorce, Dissolution of Adult Relationships
• Protection from Domestic Violence and Occupation of the Family Home
• Property Disputes of Unmarried Cohabitants on Relationship Breakdown
• Financial Support for Children
• A Child’s Parents: Parentage, Parenthood and Parental Responsibility
• Children’s Rights
• Private Law Disputes and Issues in Children Cases
• Children Needing Services, Care and Protection

The student should note that the video presentation is not simply a treatment of the whole subject area and should concentrate on a specific family law topic/issue within the family law subject. For example: Financial Relief and Child Support - then the video presentation might be on an evaluation of the development of the law relating to pre-nuptial and post-nuptial contracts. The student should identify a specific research aim that they propose to answer.

The video presentation should be viewed as an attempt to evaluate a particular legal problem identified over the course of the module with an attempt to offer solutions/reforms for solving this legal problem

The student must show an awareness of the context of the family law subject chosen and then structure the presentation accordingly. Thus, the video presentation should outline and analyse the state of the law in the given family law subject area. This should include policies, legal reform, and industry commentaries where relevant. Further, the video presentation should attempt to identify any deficiencies present and offer commentary on how the issue might be addressed.

Bibliography and OSCOLA

You do NOT need to provide footnotes on your presentation slides.

You MUST provide an OSCOLA compliant Bibliography, Table of Cases and Table of Statutes as a SEPARATE submission. There will be a separate submission area set up via Turnitin for submission of your bibliography. This will also appear under the Assessment two Folder.

Note:

If you are struggling, please ensure you come and speak with Charlie Seager or your seminar tutor as soon as possible. We will not read or comment on coursework drafts BUT if you need any clarification of the materials or if you have any general questions, please ensure you contact us.

Assessed Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to:

Knowledge and Understanding 

1. Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of family law principles 
2. Explain the impact of human rights on the interpretation and application of family law 
3. Demonstrate a critical perspective of key legal developments in family law and be able to submit suggestions for development and reform
4. To critically examine the role and limitations of the State in regulating family relationships, and key judicial decisions 
5. To examine how family law and the family justice system operate both for adult family relationships and parent/child relationships

Key Subject Specific Skills 

1. Competently use of a range of legal and non-legal research sources in both paper and electronic formats to inform your arguments 
2. Consider family law principles from multiple perspectives: socio legal, social justice, policy, black letter law 
3. Demonstrate the ability to communicate, both in writing and orally, in a professional fashion 
4. Critically analyse current legal regulations and system in the realm of family law and offer proposals for reform. 

Module Aims

1. To explore how the law defines a ‘family’ and critically analyse how this impacts regulation in this area 
2. To enable students to critically analyse current issues in family law from a socio-legal perspective 
3. To be able to explore and evaluate the current law and more keenly the proposals for reform in each of the family law areas the module covers 

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