Family Law Legislation of the Netherlands

by Warendorf, H.C.S.; Curry-Sumner, Ian

• ISBN13: 9789050953405
• ISBN10: 9050953409
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-27
• Publisher: Intersentia

Summary

With the Netherlands being the first country in the world to open civil marriage to same-sex couples, there has never been a better time to publish the first ever complete English translation of Dutch family law. This book gives the reader, academic and professional practitioner alike, an opportunity to take cognizance of this important field of law. Both the publisher and the translators hope that this book will find its way into the hands of the large number of non-Dutch speaking persons living in the Netherlands whose life is affected by the law, which until now was not readily accessible. This work, thanks to the translation of the rules of Private International Law in the field of family law, also provides lawyers, civil servants and consular officers with insight into the applicable rules in international cases. It is hoped that this work will also further contribute to the development of an international legal discourse on the development of family law in other jurisdictions, whilst allowing the comparison with the law as in force in the Netherlands on the 1st October 2003.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Aligning Commercial Law and Commercial Practice Sarah Worthington

General pressures for change

Globalization: Its Historical Context Ross Cranston, QC Commentary

Commercial Notions and Equitable Potions Sir John Mummery Commentary

Statutory Ingredients in Common Law Change: Issues in the Development of Agency Doctrine

Property, Private Government and the Myth of Deregulation Paddy Ireland Commentary

Contract terms and their interpretation

The Intractable Problem of the Interpretation of Legal Texts Lord

The Interpretation of Contracts: Lord Hoffmann's Re-Statement

The Uses of Ambiguity in Commercial Contracts: On Facilitating Re-Bargaining

Objectivity and Committed Contextualism in Interpretation

Adapting commercial law to modern conditions

Documents and Contractual Congruence in International Trade Michael Bridge Commentary

The Dematerialisation of Money Market Instruments Joanna Benjamin Commentary

Material Adverse Change Clauses After 9/11

Rethinking Insurable Interest John Lowry and Philip Rawlings Commentary

The Challenge of Modern Bankruptcy Policy: The Judicial Response

Commercial terms for commercial ends

Damages for Breach of Exclusive Jurisdiction

Interpreting Employment Contracts: Judges, Employers

Superpriority for Asset Acquisition Financing in Secured Transactions Law: Formalism or Functionalism?

The Floating Charge - An Elegy

Controlling modern management

Contractual Modification of the Duties of a Trustee

Relieving Directors' Breaches of Duty

Enron and the Long Shadow of Stat

13 Eliz. Douglas Baird Commentary

Moving forward: law and practice

Commercial Law and the Limits of the Black Letter Approach Anthony Duggan Commentary

The Legal Academy's Contribution to the Development of Commercial Law: An Anglo-Canadian Perspective Jacob Ziegel Commentary

Contracts, Contract Law and Reasonable Expectations

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