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Book SynopsisThe Changing Concept of 'Family' and Challenges for Domestic Family Law explores the changing concept of 'family', with the current social, political, medical and scientific challenges for domestic family law discussed in over 20 European jurisdictions. National reports describe the current law and legal development for 'horizontal' (the law of relationships between adults such as marriage, divorce, cohabitation, same-sex relationships), 'vertical' (the law governing the relationships between adults and children, such as parentage including artificial reproductive techniques and surrogacy, parental responsibility and adoption) and individual (the law of names and recognition of gender identity) family law. They show that, while considerable legal and societal diversity still exists within Europe, family law, in many areas, is developing along similar lines, with a convergence towards a European family law.
This book, and the others in the set, will serve as an invaluable resource for anyone interested in family law. It will be of particular use to students and scholars of comparative and international family law, as well as family law practitioners.
Contributors: G. Douglas, L. Francoz Terminal, T. Keller, O. Khazova, G. Kubi ková, A. Lamarca Marquès, D. Martiny, K. McK Norrie, B. Novak, E. Örücü, J.M. Scherpe, I. Schwenzer, B. Sloan, T. Sverdrup, F. Swennen, O. Szeibert, M. Giovanna E. Zervogianni
Trade Review‘The four volumes that make up this monumental project represent the insight and experience of many fine family law scholars. The volumes examine themes, individual countries, and distinct pan-European institutions and developments. Jens Scherpe’s tour de force is to pull all this together in the final remarkable volume. For a non-European like me, it is fascinating to read about harmonisation and diversity, privacy and rights, pluralism and protection. This is a truly wonderful achievement.’ -- Bill Atkin, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
‘This collection is remarkable for its organisation and presentation of a mass of complex material (including recommendations for further reading) which will not only inform, but stimulate those interested in the development of family law in a multi-national context. It must form an essential part of any library covering modern family law. In providing this, the editor and the team of contributors have done a great service. The frameworks (the EU, the Council of Europe) are complicated and in some respects unique and generate their own problems, and attempts to solve them. Questions about their nature and future, including the place of European family law in the global community, lurk in the shadows.’ -- The International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
Table of ContentsContents: European Family Law – Introduction to the Book Set Jens M. Scherpe Introduction to European Family Law Volume II: The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Domestic Family Law Jens M. Scherpe 1. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in the Benelux Countries Frederik Swennen 2. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in England and Wales Gillian Douglas 3. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in France Laurence Francoz Terminal 4. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in Germany Dieter Martiny 5. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in Greece Eleni Zervogianni 6. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in Hungary Orsolya Szeibert 7. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in Ireland Brian Sloan 8. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in Italy Maria Giovanna Cubeddu Wiedemann 9. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in the Nordic Countries Tone Sverdrup 10. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in Russia Olga Khazova 11. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in Scotland Kenneth McK. Norrie 12. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in the Slovak Republic Gabriela Kubícková 13. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in Slovenia Barbara Novak 14. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in Spain and Catalonia Albert Lamarca Marquès 15. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in Switzerland Ingeborg Schwenzer and Tomie Keller 16. The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Family Law in Turkey Esin Orücü Index
