Prof. Dr. Elise Goossens (University of Antwerp): Navigating Legal Protections for Cohabiting and Economic Relationships: A Critical Comparison
Family Law At Four
- Datum: 14.01.2025
- Uhrzeit: 16:00
- Ort: Hybrid-Veranstaltung
About the speaker:
Elise Goossens is Assistant Professor of Civil Law in Context at the University of Antwerp (Belgium). Her research covers international and comparative family and family property law; and (private) law and gender. In the past, Elise’s positions included postdoctoral and Phd researcher at the KU Leuven and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.
About the topic:
While many jurisdictions offer legal protections for ‘weaker’ parties in economic relationships, this is not the case to the same extent for cohabiting relationships. In economic relationships, there are numerous examples of protective legal rules that seek to mitigate or compensate power imbalances between the parties. In cohabiting relationships, such protective rules are generally much more sparse, or even completely absent. In case a relationship hits rough ground, one is thus often better off as a business partner than as a cohabiting partner. This discrepancy raises questions about the underlying rationales and assumptions that shape legal protections in the family and the economic sphere, and about the value(s) that we attach to the family and the market.
Zur Vortragsreihe:
„Family Law At Four“ bietet Mitarbeiter*innen des Instituts und Gastreferent*innen die Möglichkeit, ihre Forschung zu aktuellen Fragen des Familienrechts zu präsentieren, stets um „4 pm“. Die Veranstaltungsreihe richtet sich an alle familienrechtlich interessierten Wissenschaftler*innen und Praktiker*innen.
Sollten Sie an diesem Termin keine Zeit haben, grundsätzlich aber gern weiterhin Einladungen zu unserer neuen Veranstaltungsreihe „Family Law At Four“ erhalten wollen, schreiben Sie eine E-Mail an veranstaltungen@mpipriv.de. Wir nehmen Sie dann in den Einladungsverteiler „Family Law At Four“ auf.
Elise Goossens is Assistant Professor of Civil Law in Context at the University of Antwerp (Belgium). Her research covers international and comparative family and family property law; and (private) law and gender. In the past, Elise’s positions included postdoctoral and Phd researcher at the KU Leuven and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.
About the topic:
While many jurisdictions offer legal protections for ‘weaker’ parties in economic relationships, this is not the case to the same extent for cohabiting relationships. In economic relationships, there are numerous examples of protective legal rules that seek to mitigate or compensate power imbalances between the parties. In cohabiting relationships, such protective rules are generally much more sparse, or even completely absent. In case a relationship hits rough ground, one is thus often better off as a business partner than as a cohabiting partner. This discrepancy raises questions about the underlying rationales and assumptions that shape legal protections in the family and the economic sphere, and about the value(s) that we attach to the family and the market.
Zur Vortragsreihe:
„Family Law At Four“ bietet Mitarbeiter*innen des Instituts und Gastreferent*innen die Möglichkeit, ihre Forschung zu aktuellen Fragen des Familienrechts zu präsentieren, stets um „4 pm“. Die Veranstaltungsreihe richtet sich an alle familienrechtlich interessierten Wissenschaftler*innen und Praktiker*innen.
Sollten Sie an diesem Termin keine Zeit haben, grundsätzlich aber gern weiterhin Einladungen zu unserer neuen Veranstaltungsreihe „Family Law At Four“ erhalten wollen, schreiben Sie eine E-Mail an veranstaltungen@mpipriv.de. Wir nehmen Sie dann in den Einladungsverteiler „Family Law At Four“ auf.