Halsbury refers to Halsbury's Laws of England, a comprehensive and authoritative reference work on English law. The series is named after Lord Halsbury, who initiated it in the early 20th century. It covers various areas of law, including civil, criminal, and constitutional law, and provides detailed legal analysis, case law, and statutes. It's an essential resource for legal practitioners, scholars, and students studying English law.
This volume of Family Law is divided into 9 chapters and covers the current position of law with respect to legitimacy, adoption, custody, guardianship, offences against children, anti-dowry legislation etc. The book deals with personal laws of Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Parsis on the various legal aspects relating to adoption, matrimonial cruelty, protection of women from domestic violence etc. New topics and sub topics of contemporary importance like ?Validity of adoption?, ?Rape and forcible termination of pregnancy? , ?Bigamous marriages? and ?Application of law penalizing matrimonial cruelty? etc. have been added. Relevant legislation and case law have been referenced to lay out the current position of law on the above-mentioned and the related topics.
