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+Polish marriage law in the context of social changes and evolution of law in Europe

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+The conference titled ’Polish marriage law in the context of social changes and evolution of law in Europe’ is organised as part of Central European Professors’ Network 2021 coordinated by the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law. The Professors’ Network, with the active participation of experts from seven different countries (ie. Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland, Hungary, Serbia , Slovakia, Slovenia), organises events with the primary aim to draw attention of the European citizens to the topics which are important and significant in connection with the future of Europe, in particular of Central Europe.
+During the seminar Dr. hab. Prof. INP PAN Marek Andrzejewski (Adam Mickiewicz University) intends to discuss with the lecturers and students of pedagogy from Faculty of Educational Studies Department, the social changes taking place in Europe which affects the understanding of marriage. The thesis of Marek Andrzejewski talks lies in an observation of an alarming tendency to downplay marriage, both when it comes to contracting it or ending it in divorce.
+It is easy to prove that the status of marriage is obscured by new legislations that seem to imply that marriage is a way of life everybody is entitled to, irrespective of sex, mental condition or disability, or, at some cultures, also of age. Another approach, also undermining the status of marriage, and complementing the previous approach though from a different angle, postulates easy procedures leading to its termination. In most western countries the divorce procedure is extremely simplified, as it is possible to cancel marriage on the basis of a request filed by one of the spouses, thus eliminating any need to present any premises for the cancellation. Due to such a simplified procedure, in some countries divorce case takes place not in a court but in a notary or lower-level administrative office. Thus, it is difficult to dispel the impression that such legal procedures reflect in fact the process of deinstitutionalization of marriage, well known to and widely described by sociologists studying contemporary western societies.
+Polish law is trying the resist this change. The principle of family law is the stability of a marriage, which, however, should not be confused with its indissolubility. Marriage is seen as a union between a man and a woman (Art. 18 of the Constitution of PR); it cannot be contracted by people affected by serious mental diseases or disabilities. Divorce is granted on the basis of grounds proven in the course of a legal court procedure in order to find out if a complete and permanent breakdown of a marriage has taken place.
+In Poland marriage law is vigorously debated in the doctrine of family law, and the future will show whether marriage law will navigate towards liberal solutions or will retain its specificity.

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+The conference titled ’Polish marriage law in the context of social changes and evolution of law in Europe’ is organised as part of Central European Professors’ Network 2021 coordinated by the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law. The Professors’ Network, with the active participation of experts from seven different countries (ie. Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland, Hungary, Serbia , Slovakia, Slovenia), organises events with the primary aim to draw attention of the European citizens to the topics which are important and significant in connection with the future of Europe, in particular of Central Europe.
+During the seminar Dr. hab. Prof. INP PAN Marek Andrzejewski (Adam Mickiewicz University) intends to discuss with the lecturers and students of pedagogy from Faculty of Educational Studies Department, the social changes taking place in Europe which affects the understanding of marriage. The thesis of Marek Andrzejewski talks lies in an observation of an alarming tendency to downplay marriage, both when it comes to contracting it or ending it in divorce.
+It is easy to prove that the status of marriage is obscured by new legislations that seem to imply that marriage is a way of life everybody is entitled to, irrespective of sex, mental condition or disability, or, at some cultures, also of age. Another approach, also undermining the status of marriage, and complementing the previous approach though from a different angle, postulates easy procedures leading to its termination. In most western countries the divorce procedure is extremely simplified, as it is possible to cancel marriage on the basis of a request filed by one of the spouses, thus eliminating any need to present any premises for the cancellation. Due to such a simplified procedure, in some countries divorce case takes place not in a court but in a notary or lower-level administrative office. Thus, it is difficult to dispel the impression that such legal procedures reflect in fact the process of deinstitutionalization of marriage, well known to and widely described by sociologists studying contemporary western societies.
+Polish law is trying the resist this change. The principle of family law is the stability of a marriage, which, however, should not be confused with its indissolubility. Marriage is seen as a union between a man and a woman (Art. 18 of the Constitution of PR); it cannot be contracted by people affected by serious mental diseases or disabilities. Divorce is granted on the basis of grounds proven in the course of a legal court procedure in order to find out if a complete and permanent breakdown of a marriage has taken place.
+In Poland marriage law is vigorously debated in the doctrine of family law, and the future will show whether marriage law will navigate towards liberal solutions or will retain its specificity.

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+2021-05-26 10:00:00 +0200

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+2021-05-26 12:00:00 +0200

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+Poznań, Poland

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+Poznań, Poland

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