Research Group on Individual and Family

Description

Individual and Family rights are two strongly connected areas of the legal system, which are undergoing an increasing evolution in modern societies, with great repercussions for people's daily lives and the free development of their personalities.

The importance of the subjects, that form the object of these disciplines and their continuous transformations, justify the existence of a Research Group aimed at studying them and transferring the results of the research carried out to society.
The members of the Group have been involved in individual and family rights for many years, both individually and as a cohesive group.

They have thus participated in joint projects, under the co-ordination of the person in charge, such as "Daños en el Derecho de Familia", Thomson-Aranzadi, 2006; "Comentarios a las reformas del Derecho de Familia de 2005", Thomson-Aranzadi, 2006; "Veinticinco años de aplicación de la Ley Orgánica 1/1982, de 5 de mayo, de protección civil del derecho al honor, a la intimidad personal y familiar, y a la propia imagen"; Thomson-Aranzadi, 2007; "El derecho a la imagen desde todos los puntos de vista", Thomson-Aranzadi, 2011; "Responsabilidad civil en las relaciones familiares", Thomson-Aranzadi, 2012; "Derecho Civil I" (Individual rights), 2^nd ed., Tirant lo Blanch, 2021; "Derecho Civil IV (Family rights)", 4^th ed.,Tirant lo Blanch, 2021; "Tratado práctico interdisciplinar de las crisis familiares", Tirant lo Blanch, 2021; y "La compensación por desequilibrio en la separación y divorcio", Tirant lo Blanch, 2021.
They have participated as members of the Research Projects (of which the lead researcher is the head of the Group) "La protección del derecho a la propia imagen frente medios de comunicación y nuevas amenazas tecnológicas" (2009-14519-C05-05), MINECO; "Impacto social de las crisis familiares" (DER2013-47577-R.), MINECO; "Governing Inheritance Statutes after the Entry into Force of EU Succession Regulation" (764204 GoinEu); and "Justice Programme" (2014-2020), "Integration, migration, transnational relationships. Governing inheritance statutes after the entry into force of EU succession regulations" (796041 GoInEUPlus), "Justice Programme" (2014-2020).

They are currently participating in the following research projects (of which the lead researcher is the head of the Group) "La modernización del derecho de familia a través de la práctica jurisprudencial" (AICO/2021/0900), Generalidad Valenciana; y "Adaptation of rights in rem in cross-border successions within EU" (101007501 EU-ADAPT), JUST-JCOO-AG-2020.

Goals CT

Study of the transformations and main legal issues currently faced by individual and family rights.

Research lines

Visiting rights
Study of the cases, in which it’s appropriate and, where applicable, the extension of, the visiting rights of parents with their minor children that are granted after a family crisis.
Attribution of the use of the family home
Analysis of the attribution of the use of the family home that takes place when a family crisis occurs, evaluating the current sociological circumstances in order to suggest solutions de lege ferenda.
legal obligation to maintain children
Study of the cases in which the legal obligation of parents to provide maintenance for their children who are economically dependent for reasons not attributable to them is applicable and, where appropriate, the amount and scope of such obligation.
Disability Law
Study of the new Disability law incorporated into the Spanish legal system by Law 8/2021 of June 2, which reforms civil and procedural legislation to support people with disabilities in the exercise of their legal capacity.

Management