A new collective volume entitled “La circolazione dello statuto personale / La circulation du statut personnel” has recently been published by Pacini Giuridica. Edited by Gustavo Cerqueira (Nice), Nicolas Nord (Strasbourg) and Claudio Scognamiglio (Rome), the book brings together the proceedings of an international conference held on 19 January 2024 in Rome, in the prestigious Giallombardo Hall of the Italian Court of Cassation.

The conference and the resulting volume stem from a joint initiative supported by several leading institutions in the fields of private law, comparative law and private international law: the Société de législation comparée (Comparative Methodology of Civil Law Section), the Associazione Civilisti Italiani and the International Commission on Civil Status (CIEC), with the support of the of the Italian Court of Cassation and the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Nice.

The volume addresses the circulation of personal status in a broad sense, at a time when increasing mobility of persons, the continuous renewal of issues relating to personal status, and sustained legislative and judicial activity across jurisdictions make this topic more relevant than ever. Rather than focusing on a single issue, the contributors adopt a comprehensive approach encompassing civil status in cross-border situations, personal identification, family relationships, filiation, and nationality. Taken together, these areas reflect the contemporary legal conception of the person, shaped by complex family ties and by the dynamics of cross-border recognition.

With contributions from scholars and practitioners from France, Italie and Switzerland, the book offers a genuinely civil, international and comparative perspective. Its bilingual Italian-French format further enhances its accessibility and comparative value for a European private international law readership. The richness of the discussions reproduced in the volume confirms the relevance of the chosen approach and makes a significant contribution to ongoing scholarly debates on the circulation of personal status.

Further information on the book is available on the publisher’s website. 

 

English translation of fate Table of Contents:

 

Civil Status and Cross-Border Situations

Gustavo Cerqueira, Civil Status and Borders
Francesco Salerno, The Paradigm of Substantive Values in the Extraterritorial Relevance of Personal Status
Marion Ho-Dac, Personal Status and International Cooperation: Attraction, Diversity and Obstacles

Identification of the Person

Giovanni Di Rosa, Identification of the Person: The Circulation of Surnames
Fernanda Munschy, The Cross-Border Circulation of Modified Gender Identity: From Attribution to Free Choice
Francesca Bartolini, The Circulation of a Person’s Sex: Attribution, Rectification and Autonomy

Union of Persons

Lukas Heckendorn Urscheler, The Circulation of Registered Partnerships: Tensions between Terminological Unity and Conceptual Diversity
Alessandra Spangaro, The Circulation of Registered Unions: Between Terminological Unity and Conceptual Diversity
Enrico Al Mureden, Same-Sex Marriage and Its Circulation: Between the Rights of the Couple, the Protection of the Child and the Prohibition of Surrogacy
Ilaria Pretelli and Renzo Calvigioni, Unions Celebrated Abroad: Certificates of Capacity and the Opportunities Offered by the New CIEC Convention No. 35

Filiation

Gordon Choisel, Filiation Based on Parenthood, or the Reversal of French International Public Policy
Mirzia Bianca, The Proliferation of Models of Parenthood: Reflections on De Facto Parenthood
Sylvain Bollée, Surrogacy: Spontaneous Circulation and Imposed Circulation
Roberto Senigaglia, The Circulation of Filiation Status Arising from Surrogacy Practices Established in EU and Non-EU States: The Case for a Differentiated Approach

Nationality

Hugues Fulchiron, Nationality and the Circulation of Personal Status: The Multiplication of Contemporary Issues
Sabine Corneloup, Evidentiary Difficulties and Obstacles to the Circulation of Status in Matters of Nationality

Conclusions
Liliana Rossi Carleo, The Circulation of Personal Status: Concluding Remarks