Beschreibung
Throughout history, the family has been considered the primary nucleus of social organization, and the law has played a crucial role in the regulation and protection of its members’ rights and obligations.
This book seeks to explore and analyse the importance of family law from multiple perspectives. Changes in the forms of cohabitation, new family conceptions, new reproductive technologies and gender equality are current unresolved legal challenges, where a historical view has much to offer. It sheds light on the interactions between family, law, and society over the centuries, exploring the tensions, contradictions and changes that have defined this complex relationship. It contributes to the current debate on the legal challenges and dilemmas facing the family institution in the twenty-first century.
This book is a thought-provoking and critical analysis, offering a panoramic look at the evolution of family law and its impact on today’s society.
Autorenportrait
Ewa Dawidziuk is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law at SWPS University in Warsaw, Poland. Her research focuses on executive criminal law, the functioning of various types of places of detention. She she has been serving as Vice-Dean of the Faculty and Director of the Criminal Executive Law Department within the Ombudsman Office.
Patricia Panero is a Professor of Roman Law at the Faculty of Law at University of Barcelona (Spain). She is also a member of the research Trajan University of Barcelona, and member of the research group on Conflict Management. In addition, her work always takes into account the possible influence that the Institutions of Roman Law may have on current law.
Anna Tarwacka is a Professor of Roman Law at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland. Her research focuses on the legal aspects of ancient literary texts. She also popularises Roman law through her blog and YouTube channel and is a children’s book author. She served as Vice-Dean of the Faculty from 2016 to 2020, and currently is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Zeszyty Prawnicze.
