This working paper evaluates and analyses the available data about marital contracts in Catalonia and Spain during the 20th Century and relates them to family property statistics. From a positive standpoint, the article suggests a family self-determination model structurally linked to the...

The German Act on prevention and remedying of environmental damage of May 10, 2007 (Gesetz über die Vermeidung und Sanierung von Umweltschäden vom 10. Mai 2007, BGBl. I 19, 666, Umweltschadensgesetz-USchadG) implemented the Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of...

The Fonds d'Indemnisation des Victimes de l'Amiante (FIVA), a French asbestos injuries compensation fund, went into operation in July 2002. Last April, the Asbestfonds-Fonds d'Amiante (AFA), a Belgian fund followed suit. This paper describes and compares both funds and evaluates a hypothetical...

This article focuses on the Royal Decree 1618/2007, of September 7th, on organization and functioning of the Spanish Child Support Guarantee Fund (BOE n. 299, December 14th, 2007) and briefly compares it with the German regulation on the Advance Payment of Child Support Fund and with other...