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This definitive work, published in four-volumes, maps the emerging European family law.The chapters draw on a wide range of topics, such as: marriage, divorce, cohabitation, same-sex relationships, the financial consequence of divorce, adoption, parentage and surrogacy, parental responsibility, the child's welfare, and law concerning older people. Through its stimulating comparative analysis and comprehensive coverage of the topic, this set of books is intended to serve as a major resource for all scholars, practitioners and students interested in family law. The first volume examines the impact of institutions and organisations on European family law. While there is no European body that could actually legislate definitively on family law, there are some institutions that have a direct impact on European family law, while the impact of others is more indirect. In the second volume the changing concept of 'family' and challenges for domestic family law are analysed in 21 different jurisdictions, in 16 chapters. All contributions look at 'horizontal' family law (the law concerning the relationships between adults), 'vertical' family law (the law concerning the relationships of adults and children) as well an 'individual' family law (the law on names and gender identity). In the third volume the contributions take a comparative view on specific issues from a European perspective. The fourth volume, which is also a stand-alone monograph, draws on all of the previous chapters, and discusses the present and future of European family law. It establishes areas where 'institutional' European family law exists - in the sense that there are binding legal rules for all European jurisdictions - for example, as a result of a decision by the European Court of Human Rights. It also identifies areas where, as a result of common legal and social developments for 'horizontal', 'vertical' and 'individual' family law, an 'organic' European family law is emerging and suggests how family laws in Europe are going to develop in the future. The four volumes are also available to purchase individually: >European Family Law Volume I: The Impact of Institutions and Organisations on European Family Law European Family Law Volume II: The Changing Concept of 'Family' and Challenges for Domestic Family Law European Family Law Volume III: Family Law in a European Perspective The Present and Future of European Family Law

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`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 `The prestigious publisher Edward Elgar has managed to pull off a noteworthy coup with this prestigious publication by publishing the four-volume set under the umbrella title European Family Law comprising three edited books by Scherpe on well-defined sub-disciplines of family law and one monograph by Scherpe himself. . . This set of books 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 to family law practitioners.' -- Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg (TSAR) `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 `Each volume proceeds in a logical manner and will serve as a useful source of reference both in relation to substantive areas of family law and the approaches of different jurisdictions. More than this, it raises important questions about future legal developments in this rapidly evolving area while also providing an invaluable and extensively referenced resource for students and researchers alike.' -- European Law 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

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Edited by Jens M. Scherpe, Professor of Comparative Law, Aalborg University, Denmark

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