Comparative Aspects Regarding the Regime of Participation in Acquisitions and the Regime of Separation of Goods

Abstract

From the current perspective of harmonizing European provisions on family law, both the conventional community and the separation of goods community are equally capable of achieving the present objectives of matrimonial law. However, the contemporary notion of marriage no longer describes marriage as a traditional relation between the male provider of the family and a female partner, but as a modern union, with an equal division of work inside and outside marriage. This difference between the old and new concepts of marriage and between marriage and matrimonial relations inside or outside of marriage requires further discussion of the regulation of matrimonial regimes in Europe at present.