Exploring Norms and Family Laws across the Globe

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Bringing together some of the worlds leading family law scholars, as well as bright and emerging minds in the field of global family law, this book explores the differences and commonalities in the conceptualization and legal treatment of families throughout different legal traditions. Each chapter delves into topics integral to family law jurisprudence and serves as a novel examination into a deep slice of family law. Together, the four parts and sixteen chapters create a melodious and intriguing examination of groundbreaking and cutting-edge areas of law in the realm of the family. The four parts primarily focus upon a major family law topic with the authors examining the laws across jurisdictions, cross-nationally, or in some cases intra-jurisdictionally. It is through this comparative lens that we see how family law concepts are woven into the fabric of overall society around the globe. This book is of interest to family law, international law, sociology, and socio-legal scholars.

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Families; no two have the same dynamics, no two cultures experience families the same way, and no two legal cultures fully agree on the contents of Family Law, but this ground-breaking new volume, edited by Melissa Breger, unites discussions from Family Law scholars from across the globe to find common and shared themes and concerns. Every scholar engaged in Family Law needs this volume on their shelf!

--Roy Andrew Partain, University of Aberdeen

Professor Breger has gathered an extraordinary group of scholars to interrogate deeply the intersection of social norms and family law across multiple dimensions and jurisdictions. This comparative exploration highlights how the lived experiences of families shape and are shaped by legal rules and policies. These authors capture the complexity of family law within and among societies while offering insights and creative solutions to novel challenges that have cross-boundary impacts. This book is indispensable for understanding family law in the global 21st century.

--Jane M. Spinak, Columbia Law School

This is a groundbreaking collection of essays, offering a fascinating look at global and modern family law across jurisdictions, domestically and internationally. In sixteen excellent chapters this book captures the most intriguing and cutting-edge contemporary family law questions, from the formation of families to their dissolution, examining the interaction of legal and social norms across different cultures and states. It is a major contribution to the study of global family law and promises to become a classic work in this growing field of research and practice.

--Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Bar-Ilan University

Author Bio

Melissa L. Breger is the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School.