EU Regulations on International Families from a Viewpoint of non-EU States Including Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23530057
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: International law
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: OKANO Yuko 関西学院大学, 法学部, 教授 (60224044)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: EU国際家族法 / ブラッセルIIbis規則 / 扶養規則 / 夫婦財産制規則提案

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research will examine EU Regulations on international families and analyze the problems that might occur when those Regulations are applied to the citizens of non-EU states including Japanese people.
EU Regulations are applied not only to the citizens of EU Member States but also to the non-EU State people. However, those Regulations are so-called “inward-facing regulations” primarily giving priority to the EU citizens, and might sometimes cause problems when applied to the non-EU people.This research will focus on the issues of cross-border divorce, maintenance and matrimonial property, and analyze what problem would specifically occur.

Free Research Field

国際私法