1 INTRODUCTION The Commission forward European Family Law is an academic initiative.

1 INTRODUCTION

The Commission forward European Family Law is an academic initiative. Its declared objective is to launch a pioneering theoretical and practical exercise in relation to harmonisation of family law in Europe (1) In fact, in the Commission itself, this spirit of analysis and investigation slips into an assumption that harmonisation can be achieved. It has been stated that the Commission will identify the "common core" of legal policy and there are indications that it will also offer proffer models of "better" family law. (2) And the working regularity of the Commission is to isolate specific issues: it has picked ...