Family Law introduces students to basic legal concepts of family and family justice debating issues such as lack of legal aid for family litigations, human rights aspects of family disputes and availability of mediation. The course, also, teaches legal aspects of marriage, civil partnership, and cohabitation, and covers disputes in relation to family property, divorce, and private disputes over children. The second part of the course focuses upon issues of domestic violence, and child protection. After studying parents' and children's rights, the course considers issues of adoption and children in care. The course concludes with a focus upon families and older people.