hey guys!
I have a hand-in task on family law coming up and I've chosen to do it on the recognition of same sex couples. This is the question: Evaluate the responsiveness of the law in achieving justice for family members
It's a 25 mark essay and I want to split it up into three main points
1. Recognition of same-sex partnerships
2. Recognition of children in same sex partnership (bringing up adoption and such)
3. I'm not quite sure yet
This is my into thus far:
The responsiveness of the law in achieving justice for all family members in regards to the recognition of same sex couples has been somewhat responsive. Although same-sex couples have struggled throughout the years to obtain the same legal rights as opposite sex couples, the Australian legal system has made significant progress in ensuring the rights of same-sex couples are kept consistent with that of their opposite sex counterparts. However, laws concerning that of same-sex marriage and children of homosexual couples severely impede on the responsiveness of the law in achieving justice for family members.
Is this a good plan and intro so far? And is there anything I could use as my third point? I struggle so much with intro's and plan's so any guidance would be much appreciated. Thank you so much in advance!!
I should probably leave this to our state ranker legal student but hey, I'll give it a try.
With your intro, I like how you established firmly your judgement, clearly defines the path of the essay. Nice. I feel like you need to mention something about how the legal system hasn't been responsive for same-sex marriages. For same-sex couples you've mentioned how there's been a struggle throughout years but not so much for marriage. Maybe add in lacklustre response times? Not too sure. It's an essay structured around the RESPONSIVENESS so I would focus on how efficient and quick to react the law is to resolving these cases.
I would include something about the best interests of the child in point 2 if you aren't already, I believe anything you write relating to children at least has to mention that, after all it's the most key focus of your paragraph too!
Point 1 there's a lot to talk about. How laws have reformed to allow same-sex couples to use BWS as a partial defence to name one. Link it to whatever you can that's relevant, that's what I've been seeing Jamon tell people
Not too sure what to suggest for point 3. I would personally group my essay for Family Law into 3 main categories, Domestic Violence, Same Sex, Children & Divorce but I'm sure you can find something to write about Same-Sex in family law.
Correct me if I am wrong in any place
I've only just finished Family Law myself so I would see what Jamon has to say as well.
Goodluck my fellow legal student ~ !