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Scherpe, Jens M. --- "Introduction to European family law volume II: The changing concept of ‘family’ and challenges for domestic family law" [2016] ELECD 188; in Scherpe, M. Jens (ed), "European Family Law Volume II" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) 1

Book Title: European Family Law Volume II

Editor(s): Scherpe, M. Jens

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785363023

Section Title: Introduction to European family law volume II: The changing concept of ‘family’ and challenges for domestic family law

Author(s): Scherpe, Jens M.

Number of pages: 4

Abstract/Description:

In this second volume the changing concept of ‘family’ and the current social, political, medical and scientific challenges for domestic family laws are discussed. For this a wide variety of European jurisdiction has been chosen, in order to reflect the considerable legal and societal diversity that still exists within Europe. Hence there are contributions from Eastern and Western jurisdictions, from Northern and Southern jurisdictions; from established Western democracies as well as from jurisdictions that are in many ways rebuilding their legal system after the fall of the iron curtain and the dissolution of the Soviet Union; from jurisdictions which often are perceived to be on the fringes of European developments; and from European Union and non-European Union member states.