International Survey of Family Law 2021

'Engaging with family law matters across the world, the 2021 issue of the Survey of Family Law presents the reader with an impressive range of international perspectives and compelling academic analyses.'
-- Frederique Joosten, International Journal of Law, Policy and The Family, 2022

The International Society of Family Law is an independent, international, and non-political scholarly association dedicated to the study, research and discussion of family law and related disciplines. The Society’s membership currently includes professors, lecturers, scholars, teachers, and researchers from more than 50 different countries, offering a unique opportunity for networking within a truly international family law community.

The International Survey of Family Law is the annual review of the International Society of Family Law. It brings together reliable and clearly structured insights into the latest and most notable developments in family law from all around the globe. Chapters are prepared by an international team of selected experts in the field, usually covering 20 or more jurisdictions in each edition.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 edition of the Survey traces developments from around the world, brought about through international, national and local bodies. The chapters analyse civil and common law systems, as well as decisions of the United Nations and the European Union courts. Some chapters focus on the beginnings of families, including marriage, adoption and assisted reproduction, while others deal with their dissolution or the effects (and after effects) of aging. Once again, our authors include emerging scholars as well as highly regarded academics, judges and practitioners.

With contributions by Elisabeth Alofs, Massilia Amzal, John Asland, Martha Bailey, Malgorzata Balwicka-Szczyrba, Bastien Baret, Christine Bidaud, Claire Brunerie, Aurore Camuzat, Nardejane Martins Cardoso, Sofie De Bus, Zhu Fan, Éric Fongaro, Louise Forde, Hugues Fulchiron, Mark Henaghan, Melanija Jancic, Guillaume Kessler, Suzana Kraljic, Dongjin Lee, Xia Li, Ledina Mandija, Guillaume Millerioux, Taylene Moreira De Sá, Mathilde Mosiek-Brasset, Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi, Margot Musson, Noy Naaman, Lisa O’Neill, Maria Donata Panforti, Antonio Jorge Pereira Júnior, Christian Poland, Grant T. Riethmuller, Anne Scully-Johnson, Pedro F. Silva-Ruiz, Julia Sloth-Nielsen, Anna Sylwestrzak, Hazel Thompson-Ahye, Fumio Tokotani, Richard Vessaud, Mary Welstead, Lu Xiaobei and Junchao Zuo.

MARGARET BRINIG is Professor of Law Emerita at the University of Notre Dame. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute and part of the Executive Council of the International Society of Family Law.