The European Commission has requested the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), Council of Europe to conduct a study by collecting and providing data on the functioning of judicial systems in the EU member States. This study is based on the facts and figures collected,...

The following report intents to describe the matrimonial property law in Austria. Austrian matrimonial property law to a large extent is settled law. Although very important for marriage this area of law compared to marriage and divorce law is of less interest to legal literature. Only recently...

This Addendum intents to amend the original study on u0093Comparative Law on the Rules Governing Conflicts of Jurisdiction and Laws on Matrimonial Property Regimes and the Implications for Property Issues of the Separation of Unmarried Couples in the Member Statesu0094 prepared in May 2002. The...

The object of this report is to present an outline on the central features of the private international law rules relating to matrimonial property in England and Wales. In the United Kingdom there are several distinct legal systems: England and Wales, (one legal territory, referred to hereafter...

This report is made with the aim to lay out the general structure of the Finnish legislation concerning marriage and other kind of partnerships relevant from the point of view of law and legal institutions. The method used is the classical method of jurisprudence: an analysis based on legal...