PART Ⅰ Introductory overview 1
PART Ⅱ Jurisdictional survey 39
1 Family law in Europe 41
2 Family law in the United States 75
3 Family law in Australia and New Zealand 114
4 Family law in Africa and Asia 148
5 Family law in the Russian Federation 202
6 Family law in Japan: the Japanese family - between tradition and modernity 223
PART Ⅲ Cohabitation, informal unions and civil partnerships in comparative perspective 237
PART Ⅳ Domestic violence - a comparative survey 285
PART Ⅴ The impact of human rights law on family law 319
PART Ⅵ Common themes, key debates and comparative overview 357
Index 403