General conclusion: Jehanne Sosson and Geoffrey Willems. Part I. The challenge of transparent and inclusive parenthood/parentality in a pluralist and cosmopolitan context / Questionnaire -- Models -- Algeria / Nahas M. Mahieddin -- Argentina / Aida Kemelmajer and Marisa Herrera -- Australia / Lisa Young -- Belgium / Charlotte Declerck and Ulrike Cerulus -- Canada / Michelle Giroux and Vanessa Gruben -- Democratic Republic of the Congo / Paul-Robain Namegabe Rugarabura -- England and Wales / Andy Hayward -- France / Laurence Francoz Terminal -- Germany / Tobias Helms -- Ireland / Brian Tobin -- Italy / Stefania Stefanelli -- Japan / Lisa Oshima -- The Netherlands / Mark Beuker and Wilbert Kolkman -- Romania / Emese Florian -- Spain and Catalonia / Josep Ferrer-Riba -- Sweden / Jane Stoll -- Switzerland / Alexandra Jungo and Lena Rutishauser -- United States of America / Deborah L. Forman -- Part II. Interdisciplinary approach. Historical insights : the historic evolution of the place of the child in his or her family: from the periphery, to the centre, and back? / Paul Servais -- Philosophical insights : the weight of truth in new families / Nathalie Frogneux -- Psychological insights: parent-child relationships in the light of psychology / Isabelle Roskam -- Part III. International law insights. International human rights law as a basis for reconstructing legal relationships between adults and children / Geoffrey Willems and Laura Cohen -- Private international law as a basis for reconstructing legal relationships between adults and children : four illustrations / Thalia Kruger and Jinske Verhellen -- Part IV. Comparative approach. Parentage, parenthood and parental responsibility in traditional families / Jehanne Sosson and Geoffey Willems -- Emergence and development of artificial reproductive technologies / Sylvie Cap -- Multiplication of potential social and emotional ties / Gwendoline Motte -- The future of legal relationships between adults and children : complex issues and hybrid solutions / Geoffrey Willems and Jehanne Sosson -- General conclusion: The challenge of transparent and inclusive parenthood/parentality in a pluralist and cosmopolitan context / Jehanne Sosson and Geoffrey Willems.
Summary:
This book provides a critical analysis of the different ways in which the law can recognise and protect relationships between adults and children in postmodern societies which are characterised by increasingly diverse family configurations. The book focuses of six fundamental questions: How does the law deal with the changes occurring in what is still referred to as the 'traditional' family, such as for example anonymous childbirth, paternity disputes, shared custody? How does the law recognise and protect families conceived with help of assisted reproduction techniques, such as IVF, surrogacy, anonymous or non-anonymous gamete donation? How does the law recognise and protect families bound by de facto social or emotional ties, particularly in context of step-parents and step-children or foster families? Which relationships between adults and children should be recognised and protected by law? Should there be restrictions based on couple status, gender or number? If relationships between adults and children should be protected, which legal tools should be used: legal rules, judicial discretion or contractual freedom? Which common analytical framework could be used to understand -- and face -- the legal challenges raised by the transformations of family relationships?
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