European Family Law Volume III

Edited by Jens M. Scherpe, Professor of Comparative Law, Aalborg University and Director, Nordic Centre for Comparative and International Family Law (NorFam), Denmark

'The four volumes that make up this monumental book project on European Family Law 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

• Contents:European Family Law – Introduction to the Book SetJens M. ScherpeIntroduction to European Family Law Volume III: Family Law in a European Perspective Jens M. Scherpe1. Marriage in a European PerspectiveCaroline Sörgjerd2. Divorce Law in a European PerspectiveMasha Antokolskaia3. Unmarried Cohabitation in a European Perspective Joanna Miles4. Same-sex Relationships in a European Perspective Ian Curry-Sumner5. The Financial Consequences of Divorce in a European Perspective Jens M. Scherpe6. The Child’s Welfare in a European PerspectiveRob George7. Parentage and Surrogacy in a European PerspectiveKatarina Trimmings and Paul Beaumont8. Parental Responsibility in a European Perspective Josep Ferrer-Riba9. Adoption in a European Perspective Claire Fenton-Glynn10. Family Law and Older People in a European PerspectiveJonathan HerringIndex