This volume presents global and comparative perspectives on the perpetual pendular movement of family law between status and contract. It contributes to the top

This book deals with convergences of legal doctrine despite jurisdictional, cultural, and political barriers, and of divergences due to such barriers, examining

This book challenges conventional boundaries of family law providing a solid foundation and edge to students' understanding of the topic.

In nineteenth-century England, legal conceptions of work and family changed in fundamental ways. Notably, significant legal moves came into play that changed th

Sixty years after Jessup's Transnational Law Lectures, this collection traces the field's development and significance to the present day.