This survey is the International Society of Family Law's annual review of developments in family law across the world. The 2003 edition contains contributions from 26 countries, providing a complete picture of family law across the world today.
Articles; annual review of international family law, Gillian Douglas and Nigel Lowe; Angola - challenges for the Angolan family code, Maria Do Carmo Medina; Argentina - the socio-economic crisis and its repercussions for children and families, Cecilia P. Grosman and Ana Maria Chechile; Australia - of courts and cash - Australian family law in 2001, Frank Bates; Brazil - same-sex couples, Maria Berenice Dias; Canada - children, same-sex marriage and cohabitation, Martha Bailey; Croatia - the canonic marriage - revision of Croatian family law and its conflict of laws implications, Vesna Tomtijenovic; the Czech Republic - adoption in the Czech Republic - reform in the light of the child welfare laws; England and Wales - the influence of human rights and cultural issues, Mary Welstead; France - work in hand for the reform of French family law, Sylvie Ferre-Andre, Adeline Gouttenoire-Cornut and Hugues Fulchiron; Germany - improving the position of women in German family law - the Violence Protection Act of 2002 and landmark decisions in maintenance law, Nina Dethloff; Ghana - family law in Ghana under the Constitution 1992, Gordon R. Woodman; Hungary - Hungarian matrimonial property law, Martha Doczi; Republic of Ireland - the child and the state, Paul Ward; Italy - post-mortem artificial insemination in Italy - a case study, Antonello Miranda; Japan - turning to the point where society needs to ""co-operate"" and ""co-ordinate"" for the ""Commonweal"" - developments in family law in Japan 2001, Teiko Tamaki; The Netherlands - bumper issue - all you ever wanted to know about Dutch family law (and were afraid to ask), Ian Sumner and Caroline Forder; New Zealand - from parental relocation, rights and responsibilities to ""relationship"" property, Bill Atkin; Nigeria - development in family law and welfare services in Nigeria (1997-2002), Bolaji Owasanoye; Norway - challenges to an established paternity - radical changes in Norwegian law, Peter Lodrup; Papua New Guinea - incest and marriage prohibitions - implications of recent changes to the law against incest under Papua New Guinea's criminal code, John Y. Luluaki; Scotland - some dreams realised, some disappointments, Elaine E. Sutherland; Spain - de facto unions revisited, Gabriel Garcia Cantero; Sweden - minor amendments and statutory proposals - Brussels II, same sex adoption and other matters, Ake Saldeen; Switzerland - abortion, registered partnership and other matters, Olivier Guillod; The United States - unconventional relations - developments in family law in the United States of America in 2001, Lynn D. Wardle; Yugoslavia - maintenance duties of parents towards children, Olga Cvejic Jancic; Zambia - inheritance conflicts over the matrimonial home - safeguarding the family against homelessness, Chuma Himonga.