Dr Jens M. Scherpe, M.A. (Cantab), MJur (Oxon) is a Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Cambridge and Director of Cambridge Family Law (https://www.family.law.cam.ac.uk/). He is a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College and an Honorary Fellow of St. John's College/ University of Hong Kong. He also is an Academic Door Tenant at the Barristers' chambers Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB) in London. He is Honorary Professor at the University of Aalborg (Denmark), Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) and Cheng Yu Tung Visiting Professor in Law at the University of Hong Kong.In Cambridge Jens teaches comparative law and family law - and comparative family law. Before taking up his position in Cambridge, he was a Research Fellow and Head of the Department for the Law of the Nordic Countries at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg. He has held visiting positions at a number of institutions, including the Australian National University/Canberra, the University of Sydney, the University of Auckland/New Zealand and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona/Spain. In addition he has lectured on a variety of subjects in numerous countries around the world, including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Latvia, Ukraine, Singapore, Mauritius and the People's Republic of China. Jens has published widely on a variety of topics. His major publications include several comparative family law studies. His PhD thesis on the out-of-court settlement of consumer disputes (2002) was awarded two prizes, the DIS-Frderpreis 2003/2004 by the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) and the Otto-Hahn-Medal of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science for outstanding research achievements of young researchers (2002).Jens is the editor of the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family (IJLPF) and member of the international board of the "Zeitschrift fr das gesamte Familienrecht" (FamRZ). He is an Associate Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law/Acadmie internationale de droit compare and a member of the Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung fr Familienrecht e.V. Elena Bargelli is currently Associate Professor of Private law at the University of Pisa, with tenure. From 2008 to 2009 she was Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung at Max Planck Institut fr auslndisches und internationales Privatrecht (Hamburg, Germany). From 2001 to 2006 she was lecturer of Private Law at the Faculty of Economics (Pisa). In 1999 she completed her PhD in Private Law at the University of Pisa. She was visiting fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London UK (2011/2012), at the Yale Law School, New Haven, USA (2007), at Max Planck Institut fr auslndisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg, Germany (2006, 2004).

• Table of Contents and Preliminary Pages (p. 0) The Interaction between Family Law, Succession Law and Private International Law: An Introduction (p. 1) PART I. The Impact of Developments in National Family Laws on EU Private International Law Cross-Border (Non-)Recognition of Marriage and Registered Partnership: Free Movement and EU Private International Law (p. 11) Empowering Private Autonomy as a Means to Navigate the Patchwork of EU Regulations on Family Law (p. 35) The Impact of Private Divorces on EU Private International Law (p. 59) PART II. The Impact of EU Private International Law on National Family Laws. EU Formalities for Matrimonial Property Agreements and their Effects on German Family Law: Calling the Bluff? (p. 77) The Effects of EU Law on Family Law in England and Wales: Children First? (p. 101) PART III. The Impact of National Succession Laws on EU Private International Law. Did Substantive National Succession Laws have an Impact on the EU Succession Regulation? (p. 121) Understanding and Interpreting the Succession Regulation through its National Origins (p. 139) PART IV. The Impact of EU Private International Law on National Succession Laws. The Impact of the European Certificate of Succession on National Law: A Trojan Horse or Much Ado about Nothing? (p. 155) A German Perspective on the Impact of EU Private International Law on National Succession Law (p. 181) The Impact of European Private International Law and the reserve hereditaire in France (p. 195) Regulation (EU) 650/2012 and Territorial Conflicts of Laws in Spain (p. 213)

'The book aims to be a key tool for drafting or considering new private law instruments in succession and family laws. By offering concrete proposals on various matters [...] the book certainly fulfils its primary objective and is a recommended read for domestic and European law reformers.' -- Laure Sauv, International Journal of Law, Policy and The Family, 2021.