BIBFRAME Work

Title

Law of persons and the family : fresh perspectives

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Denson, Razaana (author)
• Barratt, Amanda (editor)
• Osman, Fatima (author)
• Mahler-Coetzee, Jacques (author)
• Domingo, Wesahl (author)

Subject

• Persons (Law) (FAST)
• Domestic relations (FAST)
• Personnes (Droit)--Afrique du Sud (RVM)
• Persons (Law)--South Africa (LCSH)
• Domestic relations--South Africa (LCSH)
• South Africa (FAST)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

• LCC: KTL511 .L387 2023 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 346.6801

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"Law of Persons and the Family Fresh Perspectives 3/E is the 3rd edition of an exciting, practical, hands-on law publication and is now part of the successful Fresh Perspectives Law series. Law of Persons and the Family Fresh Perspectives 3/E offers its readers a comprehensive introduction both to the South African Law of Persons and to South African Family Law. The 3rd edition features updates to legislation and recent case law. Introductory case studies provide real-life situations that introduce students to the law that applies and is discussed in detail in each chapter. Every chapter includes PowerPoint slides with summaries, explanations and examples. Law of Persons and the Family Fresh Perspectives 3/E functions as a practical introduction to law in which students begin to engage with the law and apply the rules and principles they learn. Content is introduced with real-life case studies, and taught and explained explicitly" -- Provided by Publisher.

Table of Contents

PART 1: Law of persons -- 1. Introduction / Amanda Barratt -- 2. Through the looking glass: defining words and concepts in law / Amanda Barratt -- 3. The beginning of legal personality / Jacques Mahler-Coetzee --4. Minority: how age affects status and capacity / Amanda Barratt -- 5. Sex and gender: status and capacity / Amanda Barratt , Jacques Mahler-Coetzee and Razaana Denson -- 6. Other factors affecting status and capacity / Razaana Denson -- 7. Domicile / Amanda Barratt -- 8. The end of legal personality / Jacques Mahler-Coetzee -- 9. Law and the dead / Jacques Mahler-Coetzee -- PART 2: Family law -- 1. Introduction: family law in 21st century South Africa / Amanda Barratt and Wesahl Domingo -- 2. Parent and child / Amanda Barratt and Wesahl Domingo -- 3. Adoption, artificial fertilisation and surrogate motherhood / Wesahl Domingo -- 4. Engagements / Jacques Mahler-Coetzee -- 5. Requirements for civil marriage / Amanda Barratt -- 6. Void, voidable and putative marriages / Razaana Denson -- 7. Personal consequences of civil marriage / Amanda Barratt -- 8. Marital property / Amanda Barratt -- 9. Dissolution of civil marriage / Amanda Barratt -- 10. Grounds for divorce / Amanda Barratt -- 11. Economic consequences of divorce / Amanda Barratt -- 12. Children after divorce / Amanda Barratt and Wesahl Domingo -- 13. Customary marriages / Fatima Osman -- 14. Religious marriages / Fatima Osman -- 15. Civil Union Act / Wesahl Domingo -- 16. Domestic partnerships / Amanda Barratt and Razaana Denson -- 17. Domestic violence / Wesahl Domingo.

Authorized Access Point

Law of persons and the family : fresh perspectives

Geographic Coverage

• South Africa

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:18:31.880141+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23898500

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• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
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• Description language: eng
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