Overview
Program
Family law often reflects deep cultural values and norms. Therefore, exploring how different legal systems address matters related to family relations provides valuable insights into cultural distinctions.
In Israel, family law, particularly its religion-based laws governing marriage and divorce, is considered to embody the country's identity as a Jewish state, encompassing both its cultural-religious Jewish identity and its connections with the global Jewish community. This course will familiarize you with this unique legal landscape, which combines a mixture of religious and secular-civil laws. Our focus will be on understanding the socio-legal and political dynamics that drive developments in this field, particularly concerning access to marriage, the ability to divorce, reproductive rights, and the establishment of parenthood. You will also be introduced to the complex relationship between the parallel judicial systems that share jurisdiction in matters of family law: the religious courts and the civil family courts.
The Families, Law and Religion course from University of Antwerp will also compare Israeli law with different Anglo-American jurisdictions, primarily the U.S., regarding their approach on a number of family law issues. This comparative perspective will equip you with a nuanced understanding of the intricate relationship between law, family, and religion in different cultural contexts.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- The Israeli legal system, and its personal law system; introduction to principles of American family law
- Access to Marriage and the Right to Marry
- Reproduction, Parenthood, and the Parent-Child Relationship in general
- Assisted reproduction, Sperm donation, egg donation, and surrogacy
- Frozen Embryos Disputes; embryo mix-up
- Posthumous Human Reproduction
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 10 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Family & Consumer Science International Law Theology and Religious StudiesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students, particularly from the Faculty of Law but also including Jewish Studies students, and incoming Erasmus students.
- English proficiency required.
Tuition Fee
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International
250 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 250 EUR for the full programme during 10 days. -
EU/EEA
250 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 250 EUR for the full programme during 10 days.
Living costs for Antwerpen
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.