Europe… Marriage, Property and Solidarity in Europe: Applying the Numerical Comparative Method in Family Law 1 May 202629 Oct 2026 Introduction How is patrimonial solidarity between spouses conceived and operationalised in continental European jurisdictions? In most systems, the property relations between spouses are governed by a matrimonial property regime. The…
Books and publications… Plurality and Diversity in Law: Family Forms and Family’s Functions (Intersentia 2019) edited by Jacqueline Heaton and Aida Kemelmajer 24 Mar 202329 Oct 2026 Legal rules play an important role in recognising, protecting, and supporting the family. As the notion of a ‘family’ is constantly changing, the law sometimes lags behind and fails to…
Canada… The legal recognition of non-conjugal families in the US, Canada and Europe, by Nausica Palazzo 29 Oct 202129 Oct 2026 Families eschewing the paradigm of the traditional marital family are on the rise. These include families which lack a sexual component (so-called non-conjugal couples) or who comprise more than two…
Family Transgender birth, birth registration and the rights of the child, by Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Rachel Sloth-Nielsen 7 May 202129 Oct 2026 Our article, Mothers and others: Transgender birth, birth registration and the rights of the child, with a focus on the United Kingdom and South Africa, centred around the case The…
Books and publications… Eastern and Western Perspectives on Surrogacy, Jens M. Scherpe, Claire Fenton-Glynn, Terry Kaan (eds.), Intersentia, 2019 19 Jan 202029 Oct 2026 Surrogacy is a complex and topical issue. Defined as an arrangement in which a woman (‘the surrogate mother’) agrees to bear a child and to hand over that child, on…
