The Right to Family Life in the European Union

Exploring the main developments and challenges for the right to family life in the context of European integration, this book examines the right to family life in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the interplay between family life, citizenship, and free movement; it analyzes the combined impact of the EU and the European Convention on Human Rights on the concept of the family protected by the law in light of recent case law. Considering the broadening understanding of what constitutes family, the challenges for the right to family life in the context of immigration, and the protection of families and social rights it provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of family life in the European Union.

Part I. The Right to Family Life in Europe 1. European Convention of Human Rights and Family Life, Luis López Guerra 2. The Scope of Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Bruno de Witte 3.The Right to Family Life in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Sara Iglesias and Keiva Carr 4. Mutual Recognition, Judicial Cooperation and Right to Family Life within the EU,Maribel González Pascual Part II: Towards a Broader Understanding of the Family 5. The European Courts and Transsexuals: The Binary Distinction and a New (Possible) Pattern of Family, Anna Lorenzetti 6. Right to Family Life and Access to Medically-Assisted Procreation in the European Court’s case-law, Guillem Cano Palomares 7. Biology-Based Systems of Parentage and Safety Valves Protecting Social Parenting, Ester Farnós Amorós Part III: The Right to Family Life in Immigration Law 8. Family Reunification: Tool to understand and shape the concept of EU Citizenship, Kristine Kruma 9. The Right to Family Life as a Bar to the Expulsion of Third Country Nationals in the EU, Aida Torres Pérez 10. When There is No Family: Unaccompanied Minors in the EU, Lucía Alonso Sanz 11. The Protection of Family Life in the EU Common Policy on Asylum, Silvia Morgades Part IV: Social Rights and Family Life 12.Cross-Border Access to Healthcare for Patients and their Families, Lucia Busatta 13. The Right to Housing and the Protection of Family Life and Vulnerable Groups: European Judicial Activism, Joan Solanes Mullor 14. [Un]joined-up Policymaking and Patchy Promotion of Gender Equality: Free Movement and Reconciliation of Work and Family Life in the EU, Samantha Currie