Tidying up Scottish Family Law

Citation

Sutherland EE (1999) Tidying up Scottish Family Law. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 44 (8), pp. 24-26. http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/44-8/1001085.aspx

Abstract
First paragraph: Enormous hopes are being pinned on devolution, in general, and the Scottish Parliament, in particular. One criticism of Westminster was that Scottish legislation had to vie with other concerns for parliamentary time, with the result that excellent proposals for reform languished, unimplemented, for years. Whatever the political rhetoric surrounding the importance of the family, it was often felt that Scottish child and family law fared particularly badly in this setting. Thanks largely to the work of the Scottish Law Commission, there was never a shortage of coherent, well-researched reform proposals, conveniently presented along with draft legislation.

Journal
Journal of the Law Society of Scotland: Volume 44, Issue 8