This book examines the phenomenon of surrogacy from a comparative perspective. Bringing together experts from 21 countries across the world, it provides a comprehensive discussion of the ways in which surrogacy is regulated in both Eastern and Western jurisdictions, and seeks to establish a common ground to move forward in this morally and legally difficult subject area.

Adults and Children in Postmodern Societies provides a critical analysis of the different ways in which the law can recognise and protect relationships between adults and children in postmodern societies which are characterised by increasingly diverse family configurations.

This book provides a basis for discussion regarding all legal aspects concerning persons born with sex characteristics that do not belong strictly to male or female categories, or that belong to both at the same time. It contains contributions from medical, psychological and theological perspectives, as well as national legal perspectives from Germany, Australia, India, the Netherlands, Columbia, Sweden, France and the USA. It explores interna...

Written in honour of the internationally renowned Professor Nigel Lowe, this book explores current issues in international family and child law and considers how the field might develop in the future.

This book addresses key questions about the division of property when a marriage, civil union, de facto relationship, or other close personal relationship ends. The book adopts a conceptual approach to property division, using New Zealand’s current law as a basis for critical analysis and drawing on international and comparative perspectives.

In this book, leading family law experts from 15 European and non-European countries present and explain the history and function of registered partnerships in their own family law systems as well as the role registered partnerships play under the ECHR and under EU law.

De Leuvense Notariële Geschriften bundelen bijdragen relevant voor de notariële praktijk. Het voorliggende boek bevat onderwerpen die aan bod kwamen tijdens de postuniversitaire cyclus notariaat 2016-2017.

In dit boek wordt een overzicht gegeven van de belangrijkste wetswijzigingen die in 2017 werden doorgevoerd in het familierecht en het familieprocesrecht, en wordt een analyse geboden van een aantal aspecten van de rechtspraak inzake familierecht.

Elke juridische professional wordt veelvuldig geconfronteerd met procedureslagen en bewijsproblemen. De acht bijdragen in dit boek behandelen praktijkgericht de bewijsproblematiek en bijzondere procedures doorheen de verschillende rechtstakken.