Choice of Law and Recognition in Asian Family Law (Studies in Private Inteational Law - Asia)

by: Anselmo Reyes (Editor, Series Editor),Wilson Lui (Editor),Kazuaki Nishioka (Editor),Paul Beaumont(Series Editor)&1more

Publisher: Hart Publishing

Publication Date: 2023/11/30

Language: English

Print Length: 480 pages

ISBN-10: 1509956344

ISBN-13: 9781509956340

Book Description

This thematic volume in the series Studies in Private Inteational Law – Asia outlines the general choice of law and recognition rules relating to family matters of 15 Asian jurisdictions:Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India. The book examines pressing questions and proposes ways in which their systems may be reformed. A concluding chapter considers the extent to which Asian cross-border family law systems can and should be harmonised.The book provides a comprehensive analysis of cross-border family law challenges, including child surrogacy, child abduction, the recognition of same-sex unions, the recovery of maintenance, and the regulation of intercountry adoption. These are among the matters now testing Asian institutions of private inteational law and acting as forces for their modeisation. With contributions by leading Asian private inteational law experts, the book proposes necessary reforms for each of the jurisdictions analysed as well as for Asia as a whole.

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This thematic volume in the series Studies in Private Inteational Law – Asia outlines the general choice of law and recognition rules relating to family matters of 15 Asian jurisdictions:Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India. The book examines pressing questions and proposes ways in which their systems may be reformed. A concluding chapter considers the extent to which Asian cross-border family law systems can and should be harmonised.The book provides a comprehensive analysis of cross-border family law challenges, including child surrogacy, child abduction, the recognition of same-sex unions, the recovery of maintenance, and the regulation of intercountry adoption. These are among the matters now testing Asian institutions of private inteational law and acting as forces for their modeisation. With contributions by leading Asian private inteational law experts, the book proposes necessary reforms for each of the jurisdictions analysed as well as for Asia as a whole.