Collection "Family Relations in a Changing World"
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presented by the Institute for the State and the Law at the BAS
The collection "Family Relations in a Changing World"
presented by the Institute for the State and the Law at BAS
The Institute for the State and the Law at BAS (ISL) presented the collection "Family Relations in a Changing World" to the legal community at the Palace of Justice yesterday, 28 October 2014. The book brings together 19 publications, articles and studies by Bulgarian authors and six foreign authors, five of the contributions being in English. The presentation of the book and the accompanying discussion were dedicated to the 145th anniversary of the founding of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The collection contains materials that examine the Roman-law concept of marriage, marriage as a contract, disputes over parental rights, judicial authorisation for children to travel abroad, a comparative analysis of the economic consequences of de facto cohabitation, aspects of the new regulation of marital property law and the marriage contract, and others.
"We have a bold and unconventional product with an interesting range of authors included in the collection; two of the texts were written by students, and we have distinguished authors from the Netherlands, Spain and Poland. The collection also contains two extremely interesting contributions by sociologists and economists," said Assoc. Prof. Velina Todorova of ISL.
Some of the texts in the collection put on the agenda the relations between parents and children and the disputes between mothers and fathers over children. "These battles in the courtroom must be brought to an end, as must the disputes over who is the better parent – the mother or the father," said Judge Galya Valkova of the Sofia District Court at the presentation of the book. "The collection gives us reason to reflect on what must change in legislation so that it meets the needs of the modern world." She recommended that, if there is a second volume, psychologists and social workers – parties who are increasingly involved in court proceedings – be invited to contribute to it.
29.10.2014