Family Law And Family Values (O~nati International Series in Law and Society)

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Half Title verso......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Acknowledgements......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Introduction......Page 13
Part I: Framing Family Law......Page 19
INTRODUCTION......Page 21
NEGOTIATION AND BEYOND......Page 23
THE ROLE OF THE LAW......Page 28
A FURTHER INVESTIGATION......Page 29
A TAXONOMY OF TYPES OF REASONS......Page 31
REFERENCES......Page 36
INTRODUCTION......Page 39
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 40
RECENT JUDGMENTS BY THE BUNDESVERFASSUNGSGERICHT (FCC)......Page 42
CONCLUSION......Page 54
REFERENCES......Page 55
3.  Family Values, Friendship Values: Opposition or Continuity?......Page 57
REFERENCES......Page 69
THE MALE BREADWINNER MODEL FAMILY......Page 71
NORMATIVE PRESCRIPTION AND THE MALE BREADWINNER MODEL......Page 73
DIMENSIONS OF BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE SIGNALLING THE EROSION OF THE MALE BREADWINNER FAMILY MODEL......Page 75
TOWARDS AN ADULT WORKER MODEL FAMILY......Page 77
THE FAMILY’S CONTINUING OBLIGATION TO CARE......Page 80
MODELS FOR ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF CAREAS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT......Page 82
REFERENCES......Page 85
Part II: Regulating New Forms of Relationship Between Adults and Children......Page 91
INTRODUCTION......Page 93
NEW TECHNOLOGIES......Page 95
CHANGING WAYS......Page 100
THE DIMINISHING VALUE OF THE GENETIC LINK......Page 101
LINGERING QUESTIONS, LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES......Page 104
REFERENCES......Page 106
CO-PARENTING: ONE VIEW OF THE FAMILY AND A DOGMA......Page 107
WHAT ARE PARENTAL VALUES IN PRACTICE?......Page 113
CONCLUSION......Page 116
7.  Supporting Conflicted Post-Divorce Parenting......Page 119
THE IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN......Page 120
PROGRAMMES AND INTERVENTIONS INTENDED TO SUPPORT POST-DIVORCE PARENTING......Page 123
CONCLUSION......Page 131
INTRODUCTION......Page 135
GENERAL AIM OF SWEDISH FAMILY POLICY......Page 136
MAINTENANCE OF CHILDREN: THE LAW......Page 137
DISCUSSION......Page 142
CONCLUSION: LITIGATION IN THE SHADOW OF MEDIATION......Page 146
REFERENCES......Page 147
THEORISING KINSHIP AND RELATEDNESS......Page 149
KINSHIP AND DIVORCE......Page 151
THE STUDY......Page 152
PICTURING POST-DIVORCE FAMILIES......Page 153
SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS......Page 160
COMMITMENTS AND CHANGING FAMILIES......Page 162
CONCLUSION......Page 163
REFERENCES......Page 164
Part III: Regulating New Forms of Relationships Between Adults......Page 167
INTRODUCTION......Page 169
RE-CASTING THE FRAMEWORK THROUGH A RIGHTS-BASED DIALOGUE......Page 170
VIEWING THE RIGHTS OF SAME-SEX COUPLES THROUGH THE LENS OF SUBSTANTIVE EQUALITY......Page 172
THE LEGALISATION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE......Page 177
HOW PROGRESSIVE IS THE ‘RELATIONAL EQUALITY’ AGENDA?......Page 183
THE SEQUENTIAL NATURE OF REFORM......Page 186
CONCLUSION......Page 189
DEVELOPMENTS LEADING TO REGISTERED PARTNERSHIPS......Page 193
THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT LAW:NOT MARRIAGE BUT CLOSE TO IT......Page 195
THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONSULTATION PROCEDURE AND THEIR POLITICAL WEIGHT......Page 197
MARRIAGE AND THE CLAIMS TO EQUALITY......Page 199
THE MODEL SAME-SEX COUPLE AND THE FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY LAW......Page 201
SEXUALITY AND THE FEARS OF ‘OVERFOREIGNISATION’......Page 208
TOWARDS A LAW OF DE FACTO RELATIONSHIPS?......Page 210
REFERENCES......Page 211
THE EVOLUTION OF THE FAMILY IN A SOCIAL AND NORMATIVE CONTEXT......Page 213
THE CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION OF HOMOSEXUAL UNIONS:RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LAW AND THE FAMILY......Page 216
RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE PRINCIPLE OFNON-DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION:THE EU PROVISIONS......Page 219
THE ITALIAN SITUATION AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS......Page 220
REFERENCES......Page 229
13.  Cohabitation: The Ideological Debate in Spain......Page 233
INSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION OF UNMARRIED COUPLES......Page 236
THE CONTROVERSY ON THE NAVARRE AUTONOMOUS LAW ON DE FACTO COUPLES: A CASE STUDY......Page 241
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL REASONS FOR THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF DE FACTO COUPLES IN SPAIN......Page 243
SOME CONCLUSIONS AND A NUMBER OF LOOSE ENDS......Page 247
REFERENCES......Page 250
Part IV. A: Regulating the Relationships Between Adult Children and Elderly Parents......Page 253
INTRODUCTION......Page 255
THE COERCIVELY APPLIED MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION......Page 262
REFERENCES......Page 266
INTRODUCTION......Page 269
THE ELDERLY IN THE FAMILY LAW CONTEXT......Page 271
FAMILY LAW AND PERSONAL OBLIGATIONS BETWEEN GENERATIONS......Page 272
HISTORY OF THE RULE......Page 273
THE LEGITIMACY OF THE NORM TODAY......Page 274
SOCIAL NORMS REGARDING THE ELDERLY:JUSTIFICATION OF THE LEGAL NORM......Page 276
THE DEPENDENCY OF ADULT CHILDREN ON THEIR PARENTS......Page 278
ARE CHILDREN LEGALLY OBLIGED TO RESPECT THEIR PARENTS?......Page 280
FAMILY LAW AND ECONOMIC RELATIONSBETWEEN GENERATIONS......Page 282
REFERENCES......Page 285
Part IV. B: Harmonisation of Law and Diversity: the Fit Between Family Law and Family Values......Page 287
INTRODUCTION......Page 289
THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN BULGARIA ON THE SOCIAL STATUS OF THE MINORITIES AND THEIR FAMILY SITUATION: A BRIEF OVERVIEW......Page 290
ETHNIC PROBLEMS AND WAYS TO RESOLVE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STATUS OF THE MINORITIES AND THEIR FAMILY SITUATION......Page 293
BULGARIAN FAMILY LAW, EUROPEAN STANDARDS AND NEW FAMILY VALUES......Page 296
THE MOVE OF THE FAMILY TO BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL FRAMEWORK: EMPIRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DIVERSITY OF EXPECTATION IN BULGARIA......Page 299
REFERENCES......Page 305
INTRODUCTION......Page 307
CULTURAL CONSTRAINTS......Page 308
ARE THERE ANY PAN-EUROPEAN FAMILY VALUES?......Page 313
CONCLUSION: WHY SHOULD THE PRINCIPLES OF EUROPEAN FAMILY LAW BE PROGRESSIVE?......Page 318
REFERENCES......Page 320
INTRODUCTION......Page 323
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 325
THE NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK......Page 326
DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN FAMILY LAW AND FAMILY VALUES......Page 337
CONCLUSION......Page 349
REFERENCES......Page 352