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This volume contains the written versions of presentations given at the international conference ""Convergence and Divergence of Family Law in Europe"", organised in Amsterdam in September 2006. The main objective of this conference was to instigate an in-depth discussion regarding various facets of the convergence/divergence discord. Another objective was to give scholars the opportunity to present their respective views in the ongoing debate surrounding convergence, divergence and deliberate harmonisation activities in the field of family law. In the first part of this book the historical and theoretical issues of the convergence/divergence debate and the controversy surrounding the ""cultural constraints"" argument are discussed. The second part gives a picture of the contemporary role of convergence/divergence tendencies on a regional level in various parts of Europe. It starts with an overview of the recent trends in the renowned ""Nordic co-operation"" in the approximation of family laws, which is generally considered to be the most successful example of regional harmonisation of family laws in Europe. The next article deals with convergence/divergence tendencies in the development of the family law of the Spanish autonomous communities. The following two contributions offer a summary of the convergence and divergence trends in Eastern Europe against the background of such sweeping events as the fall of the Soviet Union, the disintegration of the Eastern block and the accession of a majority of the Central European countries to the EU. The third part of this volume deals with the convergence and divergence tendencies in the following particular fields of family law: marriage, divorce, same-sex relationships, establishment of parenthood and matrimonial property law.

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Masha Antokolskaia graduated in law at Moscow State Law Academy and at University of Amsterdam and was awarded a PhD in 1988. Form 1989 till 1998 she taught civil and family law at Moscow State Law Academy. In 1993-1995 she was member of the drafting team of the New Russian Family Code. From 1998 until 2005 she was KNAW-senior research fellow at the Molengraaff Institute of Private Law, University of Utrecht. Since 2005 she is professor of family law at the VU University Amsterdam. In 2009 she became head of the Department of Private Law. In 2011 she initiated the Amsterdam Centre for Family Law (ACFL).

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