TY - BOOK ID - 8063128 TI - The Europeanisation of international family law PY - 2011 SN - 9067049557 9067047422 9786613477972 1283477971 9067047430 PB - Groningen : T.M.C. Asser Press, DB - UniCat KW - Conflict of laws -- Divorce -- European Union countries. KW - Conflict of laws -- Divorce -- Netherlands. KW - Divorce -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries. KW - Divorce -- Law and legislation -- Netherlands -- Divorce -- Law and legislation -- Netherlands. KW - Domestic relations (International law). KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Law, General & Comparative KW - Domestic relations KW - Law. KW - Private international law. KW - Conflict of laws. KW - International law. KW - Comparative law. KW - European Law. KW - Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law. KW - Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . KW - Law—Europe. KW - Choice of law KW - Conflict of laws KW - Intermunicipal law KW - International law, Private KW - International private law KW - Private international law KW - Law KW - Legal polycentricity KW - Civil law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8063128 AB - International family law is an area that is predominantly regulated by national law. Currently the national choice of law rules of the EU Member States are more and more displaced by common European rules, which will entail considerable changes. In this book, the nature and reasons of the changes brought about by the transition from a national to a supranational choice of law approach are discussed in one particular field of international family law: the termination by dissolution of marriages and marriage-like registered partnerships. The current Dutch and the proposed European choice of law rules on divorce are examined and compared. Some Member States have strongly opposed the European proposal and no consensus could be reached. The analysis of the failure of the European proposal shows that the most important bottleneck is the lack of a theoretical foundation of the unified choice of law. In the concluding chapter the author produces a number of recommendations on the development of (a theoretical foundation of) the European system of international family law, starting from the principles and objectives of European law. Nynke Baarsma is presently working in the District Court of Groningen, The Netherlands. ER -