Mixed marriages have always had an ambiguous and often problematic relationship with the
law. On one hand, mixed marriages have been seen as a key indicator of sociocultural …

In the Netherlands, in the course of the previous decades, new legislation has been tabled
and older laws have been revived in order to restrict particular kinds of transnational and/or …

This chapter surveys key issues and approaches used in interdisciplinary studies of family
migration policies in Europe, with a special emphasis on the ways in which they relate to …

This book examines the needs, aspirations, strategies, and challenges of transnational
Muslim migrants in Europe with regard to family practices such as marriage, divorce, and …

This multidisciplinary collection investigates the ways in which marriage and partner
migration processes have become the object of state scrutiny, and the site of sustained …

In this lecture, I look at the legal work of three Dutch jurists and the role that they have played
in producing meanings of race and mixture. I do that as a way to explore the legal archive …

This dissertation investigates how transnational family relationships come to assume legal
character, how and for what purposes 'legality'is invoked; and analyses the ways in which …

The number of bi-ethnic children is increasing. The focus of this study is on bi-ethnic
students in the Netherlands with one parent with an ethnic majority background and one …

An analysis of the legal roots of US citizenship in British subjecthood, dating from the period
of the English, later British colonies in North America and prior, is essential to understanding …

This paper aims to contribute to The History of the Family by researching the historical
relationship between family and state, and the roles that the concepts of 'race'and …