Gillian Douglas, is a British legal scholar who specialises in

family law Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations. Overview Subjects that commonly fall under a nation's body of family law include: * Marriage ...

. She was dean of The Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London. She undertook the first empirical study into access to

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under the

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's Code of Practice.

Honours

In 2016, Douglas was elected a

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(FAcSS). In July 2017, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's

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for the humanities and social sciences.

Selected publications

*''An Introduction to Family Law'' (2001:

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, 2nd edition 2004) *''Bromley's Family Law'' (9th ed. 1998, 10th ed, 2006, 11th ed, 2015, Oxford University Press), co-author (with Nigel Lowe) *''Law and Parenthood'' (1995: Butterworths Law in Context series), (with Chris Barton) *''Child Support: The Legislation'' (1st ed 1993, 2nd ed 1995, 3rd ed 1997: Sweet & Maxwell), (with Edward Jacobs)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Gillian Academics of King's College London Living people British legal scholars British women legal professionals Family law scholars Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences Women legal scholars Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at the City of London School for Girls