Introduction to the Project&Jens M Scherpe 1
Questionnaire 9
National Reports on Marital Agreements and Private Autonomy 15
Australia&Owen Jessep 17
Austria&Susanne Ferrari 51
France and Belgium&Walter Pintens 68
England and Wales&Joanna Miles 89
An English Practitioner's View on Pre-Nuptial, Post-Nuptial and Separation Agreements&Mark Harper and Brett Frankle 122
The Law Commission's Consultation on Marital Property Agreements&Elizabeth Cooke 144
Germany&Anatol Dutta 158
Ireland&Louise Crowley 200
The Netherlands&Katharina Boele-Woelki and Bente Braat 229
New Zealand&Margaret Briggs 256
Scotland&Kenneth McK Norrie 289
Singapore&Wai Kum Leong 311
Spain&Josep Ferrer-Riba 350
Sweden&Maarit J？nter？-Jareborg 370
United States&Ira Mark Ellman 403
Marital Agreements and Private Autonomy in Comparative Perspective&Jens M Scherpe 443