Family Law and Society in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Era

Introduction (Maria Gigliola di Renzo Villata).- Chapter 1. Christian Influence on Modern Family Law (Mathias Schmoeckel).- Chapter 2. The Catalan Sagrada Família: Law and Family in Medieval and Modern Catalonia (Tünde Mikes, Tomàs de Montagut).- Chapter 3. Adoption Between Ancient Régime and Codification is it in Decline in a Changing World? (Maria Gigliola di Renzo Villata).- Chapter 4. A Consilium of Torello di Niccolò Torelli of Prato on Dos Aestimata (Julius Kirshner).- Chapter 5. Property of Spouses in Law in Renaissance Florence (Thomas Kuehn).- Chapter 6. The English Law of Marriage and the Family (1500-1640) (R. H. Helmholz).- Chapter 7. Towards a New Era of Modernity? Late Scholastic Speculation on Bigamy and Polygamy (Stefania T. Salvi).- Chapter 8. The Father's Right to Kill His Adulterous Daughter in the Late Ius Commune (Andrea Massironi).- Chapter 9. Duæ animæ in una carne. The disqualification of the spouses in common law. (Yves Mausen).- Chapter 10. Fathers by Law, Fathers by Choice. Paternity and Bastardy Between Ancient Régime and Codification in Western Countries (Chiara Valsecchi).- Chapter 11. Honour and Guilt. A Comparative Study on Regulations on Infanticide Between the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century (Loredana Garlati).- Chapter 12. Children of a Lesser God. The Legalized Exploitation of Child Labour as Revealed by the Liberal Era Judicial Record (Late 19th - Early 20th Century) (Filippo Rossi).- Chapter 13. What Can We Learn from a Family Class Law? The teachings of an Early 20th Century Italian Professor (Anna Maria Monti).-Chapter 14. Parents and Children: Legal Authority in the Family, Education of Children and Parental Civil Liability in Italy. A Case Law Survey from 1865 to 1940 (Giovanni Chiodi).