Contractualisation of Family Law - Global Perspectives

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Swennen, Frederik (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, 4
• Subjects: Law.; Civil law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Social groups.; Family.; Youth.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Civil Law.; Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging.

This volume presents global and comparative perspectives on the perpetual pendular movement of family law between status and contract. It contributes to the topical academic debate on ‘family law exceptionalism’ by exploring the blurred lines between public law, private law and family law, and sheds...