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Szőcs Brigitta
Sapientia Hungarian University of Transilvania
Kolozsvár
The marriage:
One of the most complex social phenomena
It is an essential medium for the birth of the individual, the family and
society
From a legal point of view: an institution serving the public, private,
family, social and constitutional public good at the same time
It has undergone great change over time
Family law
The family:
A community of parents, their children, and their closest relatives
It is the basic cell of the state, society and the church
Genus (broader family)
A family (in the narrower sense)
The first community of the family an inseparable marital relationship
between a man and a woman is a defining element of the institution of
family law in matrimonial law
Formation and development of matrimonial law