"Preface and acknowledgements" [2016] ELECD 184; in Scherpe, M. Jens (ed), "European Family Law Volume II" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) viii

Book Title: European Family Law Volume II

Editor(s): Scherpe, M. Jens

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785363023

Section Title: Preface and acknowledgements

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Preface and acknowledgements
This book set on European Family Law was a massive undertaking, with
35 chapters by 37 contributors and was fraught with many practical
difficulties, including joyful family events and also differing interpret-
ations of the term `final deadline'. Therefore it took much longer than
expected, and I am very, very grateful to the publisher (and especially the
Commissioning Editor John-Paul McDonald and Deputy Managing Edi-
tor Jane Bayliss as well as Sally Philip and Gillian Pickering) and the
contributors for their patience and understanding. This applies especially
to those colleagues who contributed the national reports in Volume II of
the series and who therefore not only had to put up with my rigid ideas
regarding the basic structure of horizontal, vertical and individual family
law and the equally rigid ideas about the contents of these reports, but in
many cases also had to update their chapters (even several times) when
the finalisation of the book took longer than expected.
I would like to thank the Newton Trust for the support in the form of a
Small Research Grant, which enabled me to get some editorial assistance.
This was undertaken by Charlotte Leslie, and I am very grateful for her
support as well, and also to Rosie Snajdr and Elizabeth Aitken who
helped securing the grant in the first place and with administering it.
Many people have contributed to this book in its various stages,
particularly in the beginning when discussing its structure with me,
which jurisdictions ...