The International Workshop draws its inspiration from the
circumstance of several countries in Europe experiencing a growing
number of cases in which individuals (mainly immigrants) claim to have a
series of family and personal matters regulated by the law of their
country of origin, under international private law.
In so far as this foreign law corresponds to – or is largely
influenced by – Islamic law (or other religious law), domestic legal
systems in Europe face the problem of reviewing the compatibility of
such religiously inspired foreign law with domestic (and European)
fundamental rights standards, mainly by applying the public policy
(ordre public) exception which prevents the administrative application
or the judicial enforcement of foreign law or foreign judicial or
administrative decisions that are qualified as incompatible.
The International Workshop aims at considering the current attitude
shown by the judiciary in legal systems strongly influenced by Islamic
law as well as in some European states, while ultimately focusing on
whether a shared European ordre public exception in the field of family
law is emerging in case law.
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