Jurisdictional Intersection: Family Law And The Equity Doctrine

Principles governing the alteration of property interests under the Family Law Act have their sources deeply embedded in the equity doctrine. Curiously, over the four and a half decades of the operation of the Family Law Act, no detailed examination has been given to the jurisdictional intersection between the two bodies of legal jurisprudence. This thesis, the first exposition of its kind in Australia and written by a sitting Justice of the Family Court of Australia, (now Division One of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia), explores the metes and bounds of that jurisdictional intersection and is of immediate utility to legal practitioners, legal historians and students alike.