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The International Survey of Family Law 2016

The International Survey of Family Law 2016

Author: Bill Atkin
Publisher: Family Law LexisNexis
ISBN: 9781784732172
Published In: August 2016
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The International Survey of Family Law is the International Society of Family Law’s annual review of developments in family law across the world.

The 2016 edition covers developments in over 20 countries written by leading academics and family law experts. Each article is accompanied by a French language abstract.

The 2016 Survey contains contributions from a diverse selection of countries where there have been important developments in family law, including:-

Abortion in Chile
Recent Developments in Korean Adult Guardianship Law
Islamic Law Mode of Estate Distribution in South Africa
The Reform of the Swiss Law on Child Support
Marital Property in the United States
Maintenance, Non-Resident Indians and the Law

Albania: Reforming the Adoption Legislation in Albania and the Best Interests of the Child

Dr Ledina Mandia

Australia: Revisiting Relocation Disputes

Lisa Young

Belgium: Novelties in Belgian Family Law: Co-Motherhood, Double Surnames and the New Family Courts

Debbie Horsten, Frederik Swennen and Gerd Verschelden

Cameroon: The Commitment to Faithfulness and the Test of Time and Space in Cameroonian Law

Rachel-Claire Okani

Canada: Canada’s Conflicted Approach to International Child Abduction

Martha Bailey

Chile: Abortion in Chile

Ursula Pohl

China: The Juridical Practice of Child-Rearing Questions in Divorce Proceedings and Proposals for Improvement

Chen Wei and Zhang Qinglin

England and Wales: ‘When Nothing Else Will Do’ – Myths and Misrepresentations Relating to Non-consensual Adoption in England and Wales

Mary Welstead

Europe: Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence in Europe: The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi

France: A Chronicle of French Family Law

Centre for Family Law at Jean Moulin University Lyon

India: Maintenance, Non-Resident Indians and the Law

Anil Malhotra and Ranjit Malhotra

Ireland: Marriage Equality: A Seismic Shift for Family Law in Ireland?

Maebh Harding

Italy: An Overview on the Italian Panorama: Family Law Faces Social Changes

Cinzia Valente

Lithuania: Children’s Maintenance Fund in Lithuania: Legal and Sociological Aspects of its Activities

Inga Kudinavicˇiu¯ te˙-Michailoviene˙ and Aušra Maslauskaite

New Zealand: Past, Present, and Future New Zealand Developments: The Family Court System, Adoption, and Relationship Property

Mark Henaghan and Ruth Ballantyne

Norway: The Application of the Non-discrimination Guarantee in Muslim Women’s Processes of Divorce in Norway

Tone Linn Wærstad

Poland: Polish Family Law: Socialist Roots, Astonishing Evolution

Piotr Fiedorczyk and Dr Agnieszka Zemke-Górecka

Portugal: An Ongoing (R)Evolution Unfolded Step-by-step: Redefinition of the Legal Concept of Parentage and Promotion of Children’s Autonomy – an Overview of the Current Developments in the Portuguese Law Regarding Children’s Rights and Affiliation

Rute Teixeira Pedro

Puerto Rico: Same-sex Marriages and Other Issues

Pedro F Silva-Ruiz

Slovenia: Child Maintenance for Adult Children who are Studying: Slovenian Legal Regulation and the Contemporary Case-Law

Suzana Kraljic´ and Lina Burkelc Juras

Solomon Islands: Negotiating the Pluralistic Family Law Regimes in the Solomon Islands

Jennifer Corrin and Benjamin Teng

South Africa: Islamic Law Mode of Estate Distribution in South Africa

Muneer Abduroaf and Najma Moosa

South Korea: Recent Developments in Korean Adult Guardianship Law

Cheolung Je

Switzerland: Financial Support for Childcare – the Reform of Swiss Law on Child Support