Extra-Judicial Administration of Justice in Cross-Border Family and Succession Matters
Elena Bargelli (University of Pisa), Anatol Dutta (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) and and François Trémosa (Notary) have edited, in cooperation with Paul Patreider (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) and Elisa Stracqualursi (University of Pisa), Extra-Judicial Administration of Justice in Cross-Border Family and Succession Matters ‒ Comparative and Policy Perspectives with Giuffrè.
The book examines the shift in several EU countries toward resolving family and succession issues outside the courts ‒ through notaries, civil-status officers, administrative bodies and lawyers.
It questions whether existing EU private international law rules on jurisdiction, choice of law and recognition and enforcement are adequate for these non-judicial procedures. Based on a comparative study carried out within the European Law Institute project “Extra-Judicial Administration of Justice in Cross-Border Family and Succession Matters”, and co-funded by the European Union under the JUST-2021-JCOO call as output of the project “The concept and role of ‘court’ in the age of dejudicialization. Reinforcing EU Family and Succession Law” (CODE.FS), the volume highlights challenges, gathers good practices and offers policy recommendations for reform.
The book opens with an introduction and a comparative report by Anatol Dutta and Paul Patreider. The core of the volume is a series of national reports: Paul Patreider on Austria; Frank H. Pedersen (University of Copenhagen) and Lars Thøgersen (Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing, Denmark) on Denmark; Tiina Karm (University of Tartu) on Estonia; Stéphane Berre (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3) on France; Aron Johanson (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) on Germany; Eleni Zervogianni (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) on Greece; Kathryn O’Sullivan (University of Limerick) on Ireland; Nicola Chiricallo (University of Ferrara) and Elisa Stracqualursi on Italy; Katarzyna Bogdziewicz (Mykolas Romeris University) on Lithuania; Merel Jonker (Utrecht University) and Wendy Schrama (Utrecht University) on The Netherlands; Katarzyna Kamińska (University of Silesia in Katowice) on Poland; Rute Teixeira Pedro (University of Porto) on Portugal; Ioan-Luca Vlad (Lawyer, Romania) on Romania; Nataša Erjavec (Notary, Slovenia) on Slovenia; Laura Esteve Alguacil (Universitat de València) on Spain; and Laima Vaigė (Uppsala University) on Sweden. The volume closes with policy recommendations drafted by Elena Bargelli, Nicola Chiricallo, Anatol Dutta, Paul Patreider, Elisa Stracqualursi and François Trémosa.
An open access version of this book is available here, thanks to funding from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Open Access Fund.