Scherpe, M. Jens --- "European Family Law Volume II" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) [2016] ELECD 180

Editor(s): Scherpe, M. Jens

Title: European Family Law Volume II

Sub-title: The Changing Concept of ‘Family’ and Challenges for Domestic Family Law

Topics: European Law; Family Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 27 January 2016

Number of pages: 416

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785363023

EISBN: 9781785363030

Abstract/Description:

The 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.