Author: Hale, Brenda

Source: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Volume 33, Number 1, March 2011 , pp. 3-14(12)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

This is the slightly revised text of the Liverpool Law Lecture, delivered on 4 November 2010. It discusses the tensions between the principle of financial equality between husband and wife, emerging from the House of Lords' decisions in White, Miller and MacFarlane, and the principle of contractual autonomy, emerging from the Supreme Court's decision in Radmacher v Granatino.

Keywords: Divorce; Martial agreements; Ancillary Relief; Yardstick of equality; Ante-nuptial agreements

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2011.571466

Publication date: 2011-03-01

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