Readership: This book will appeal to academics and practitioners specialising in private international law, European law and family law; in particular it will be of use for practitioners as it is clearly written and explains the scheme of this complex regulation and explores its interaction with associated financial relief laws. While the book is written from the standpoint of English law, most of the analysis will be of the substance of the Regulation itself, and therefore of interest to other Member States.
Máire Ní Shúilleabháin, Lecturer, School of Law, University College Dublin
"An outstanding analysis, well written and superbly documented - definitively a must have for all family law practitioners...Ms Shuilleabhain's masterly description of the European law of cross-border divorce, covers comprehensively all questions practitioners in the field could have. Her account of the law will prove to be a standard work for everyone with an interest, either academic or otherwise, in cross-border divorce matters" - Patrick Wautelet, University of Liege
"...a most welcome contribution to the quickly developing union law on cross-border family issues...This book can be highly recommended to all professionals, in particular judges, practitioners and academics, dealing with cross-border divorces within the EU. It should also be a self-evident consultation material in the forth-coming evaluation and revision of the Brussels II bis Regulation, planned to take place in 2012." - Maarit Jantera-Jareborg, Uppsala University Sweden
1: Introduction 2: Habitual Residence, Domicile and Other Connecting Factors 3: Personal, Temporal, Material and Geographic Scope of Brussels II bis 4: Jurisdictional Bases under Brussels II bis 5: Declining Jurisdiction under Brussels II bis 6: Recognition of Judgments under Brussels II bis 7: Conclusion
