The Division of Marital Assets Following Divorce

In this paper, several possible bases for post-divorce asset division are examined from an economics-of-law perspective, focusing in particular on the incentives for opportunistic behaviour set up by the use of reliance, restitution, partnership, rehabilitation, and needs-based approaches. The current focus of marital law in England and Wales on a mixture of needs-based and contractual elements in divorce settlements is vulnerable to the charge that behaviour is encouraged in both males and females that is predatory in nature. The contractual uncertainty that follows from this may well deter some good quality marriages that might otherwise occur. The paper explores the case for using an expectations-damages approach, given that this can deter opportunistic divorce. The conclusions favour an updated and flexible view of the marriage contract. The paper draws extensively on the American literature covering property settlements.     

关于离婚损害赔偿问题的几点认识

离婚损害赔偿制度在婚姻法中的确立，标志着我国损害赔偿制度的进一步完善。离婚损害赔偿对导致离婚的过错方，令其承担一定的财产责任，以示法律对其过错的惩戒。对离婚中的无过失方，离婚损害赔偿则是对其损失的补偿，对其精神的抚慰。离婚损害赔偿在法律上的确认，并不会导致“人格商业化”。     

离婚程序探析

文章针对司法界目前出现的对离婚诉讼大量适用简易程序审理的现象,根据民事诉讼简易程序立法的目的和制度特征,结合登记离婚中存在的问题,通过研究我国现行的离婚制度,剖析了离婚案件的性质、特点和类型.本文认为,对片意离婚应适用专门程序,对合意离婚应适用简易程序处理,提出了将离婚案件一律纳入诉讼领域的立法建议.     

婚姻关系模型理论与离婚法律制度之间的关联性研究

婚姻关系理论从来都是婚姻制度的实质性基础。如果说离婚制度研究是一种“具体而微”的学术进路,那么婚姻关系理论则反映着整体的、宏观的、基础的婚姻定位、婚姻意识和婚姻观念,它融合了学者对婚姻文化的观察和思考,从“认识婚姻和塑造婚姻”的角度彰显着和实践着婚姻法的根本使命。对婚姻关系有着怎样的认识和定位,从根本上决定着离婚制度的指导思想和离婚案件的处理方式,这是另一种意义上的“塑造婚姻”。婚姻关系理论对个人自由与社会正义的考量,鲜明而深刻地体现在离婚制度中。一、不同婚姻关系模型的理论争锋关于婚姻关系理论,丰富多…     

The Economics of the Grounds for Divorce in Great Britain

Despite similarities in their socio-economic environments and the provision of identical legal grounds for divorce, England & Wales is dominated by fault divorce decrees whereas no-fault divorce dominates in Scotland. Indeed, during the past fifteen years, the shares of fault and no-fault divorce have increasingly diverged across these two regions. The paper proposes an explanation for this remarkable contrast based on cost incentives generated by procedural and legal interventions within the respective legal systems. In particular, the introduction of the Simplified Procedure in Scotland and the reduction in the time bar to divorce in England & Wales are key causal factors.     

Custody Investigations in Divorce Cases

Custody investigations by social workers of the home circumstances of children soon to be the subject of a custody order in a divorce case usually provide psychological and socioeconomic data about the family and other adults interested in the children's welfare. Reports of such investigations are used by judges in arriving at decisions about custody. The author's research has led him to conclude, however, that such institutionalized custody investigations can be defended only if they help spouses to resolve disputes that otherwise would be tried. Further, he suggests that safeguards be instituted to protect spouses from inaccurate and biased reporting.     

Divorce related malicious mother syndrome

With the increasing commonality of divorce involving children, a pattern of abnormal behavior has emerged that has received little attention. The present paper defines the Divorce Related Malicious Mother Syndrome. Specific nosologic criteria are provided with abundant clinical examples. Given the lack of scientific data available on the disorder, issues of classification, etiology, treatment, and prevention appear ripe for investigation.     

论离婚损害赔偿之诉

《婚姻法》修正案的一个重要内容是增加离婚损害赔偿制度，它完善了我国婚姻家庭制度，明确了婚姻过错方的法律责任。然而，如何确定离婚损害赔偿的性质，不仅关系到如何运用这一法定权利，而且关系到损害赔偿的结果。针对目前学界的观点，重点论述这一问题，并就如何进行离婚损害赔偿诉讼阐述了自己的观点。     

The Law Applicable to Divorce as Test Ground for Enhanced Cooperation

Enhanced cooperation was introduced in the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997). Despite a lot of academic ink being spilled, the instrument had, until recently, never been applied in practice. In June 2010, the Council reached consensus on authorising a group of Member States to pursue, in the framework of enhanced cooperation, common rules in the area of the law applicable to divorce. The present paper critically analyses this first precedent. For that purpose, the background to the policy area will be explored. Subsequently, the desirability of enhanced cooperation shall be assessed. Finally, the content of Rome III, and its effects upon Member States not participating in the initiative, will be analysed. The paper will attempt to formulate an answer to the question whether enhanced cooperation should be the new approach to harmonisation of family‐related Private International Law.     

论离婚制度的功能

正如任何事物的初始状态往往影响甚至决定其终结状态一样,离婚制度作为婚姻制度的重要组成部分,对于保障婚姻制度正常运作,发挥着重要作用。     

论离婚损害赔偿制度

很多人主张，婚姻法应当被设计为一部“软”法，且越“粗”越好，从刚刚废止的分割夫妻共同财产要“照顾无过错一方”的司法解释，到至今仍保留在新《婚姻法》上的对有困难的一方要给予“经济帮助”的规定，我们可以看到，中国特有的婚姻文化，影响着立法者不仅不愿法律对婚姻家庭领域的过多介入，甚至不愿借用法律的语言进行规范，寄期在抽象的法律规则下，将案件任由法官依据社会优势及个人的道...     

离婚后未成年子女利益保护的法律思考

本文对现行立法及司法实践中存在的对未成年子女利益考虑不够和保护不足的问题,尤其是父母离婚后未成年子女财产性质的界定和保护、抚养费的合理使用、监管以及人工生育子女的法律地位和离婚后抚养问题等现行立法的空白或不完善的情况,进行了分析和思考,并借鉴国外婚姻家庭制度的有益规定,提出了一些立法建议和具体对策,突出强调在完善离婚立法中应更加强保护未成年子女的合法权益。