Edited by Janeen M. Carruthers, Professor of Private Law and Bobby W.M. Lindsay, Lecturer in Private Law, University of Glasgow, UK

• Contents:1 Introduction to the research handbook on international family law 2Janeen M Carruthers and Bobby WM Lindsay2 Legal parentage and private international law: the establishment,contestation and recognition of children’s legal parentage 12Laura Carpaneto3 Intercountry adoption: preventing and addressing illicit practices 32Onyója Momoh4 Habitual residence and nationality as personal law connecting factors inEuropean private international law 53Magdalena Pfeiffer5 Gender, identity and private international law 72Susanne Lilian Gössl6 Parental responsibility: cross-border recognition and enforcementof decisions and agreements in family matters involving children –problems of policy and practice 89Kirsty J Hood KC7 Protection of children at risk in a cross-border context – problems ofpolicy and practice 109Ruth Lamont8 International child relocation after relationship breakdown 130Rhona Schuz9 International child abduction, migration and asylum: what happenswhen child abduction, migration and asylum collide? 153Maria Caterina Baruffi10 Marriage and cohabitation in private international law: regulating dejure and de facto relationships 172Lauren Clayton-Helm11 Child, early and forced marriage – protecting rights and freedoms in theinternational context 193Janeen M Carruthers and Felicity Belton12 Family maintenance and private international law 215Lara Walker13 Dissolution of adult relationships and the cross-border dimension 238Máire Ní Shúilleabháin14 Matrimonial and family property regimes in the cross-border European context 261Ilaria Viarengo15 Encouraging out-of-court resolution in cross-border family disputes 284David Hodson OBE KC (Hon)16 The contribution of the UK Supreme Court to international family law 306Bobby WM Lindsay17 The contribution of the Court of Justice of the European Union tointernational family law 330Cristina González Beilfuss18 The contribution of the United States Supreme Court to internationalfamily law 348Ann Laquer Estin19 International family law and the UN sustainable development goals 2030 363Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and María Mercedes Albornoz

‘An invaluable resource in times of a rapidly increasing globalization of family lives and family conflicts. The collective expertise of eminent legal scholars from around the world provide novel perspectives as well as a comprehensive understanding of the complexities of private international law.’