Students are required to show an informed and at the same time critical understanding of the English system of domestic partnerships found in Family Law in the UK.

The module will cover the following areas -
1. Legal Aspects of living together and getting married.
2. Same-sex partnerships and the law.
3. Aspects of partnership functioning and the law.

One piece of formative assessment consisting of a written summary of a 20 minute verbal presentation given on an aspect of Domestic Partnership Law (learning outcome 4)

One summative assessment of 3,000 words counting for 100% (learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3)

Students who have not studied (English) Family Law at undergraduate level must speak with the module leader before undertaking Domestic Partnership Law 1, which is a pre-requisite for Domestic Partnership Law 2 (LWM62018-M)

Lowe N. Douglas G. (2006) Bromley Family Law. London OUP
Hale B. Pearl D. Cooke E. and Monk D. (2008) The Family, Law and Society, Cases and Materials. London OUP
Harris-Short S. and Miles J. (2007) Family Law, Texts and Materials. London OUP
Probert R. (ed) (2007) Family Life and the Law. London OUP

Well stocked library
Computer facilities with internet access

This module will be student centred. It will be delivered through a series of 5x 2 hour seminars supported by student research and personal study. and there will be an additional five hours of student guidance, supervision and support. Students will follow a pattern contained in the module handbook. A formative assessment will be used to encourage research on the subject area and presentation and discussion of the issues raised in seminars.