Croatian Family in a Gap between Traditional Concepts and International Expectations

Obitelj kao temeljna društvena stanica i brak kao jezgra te stanice na kojoj počivaju budućnost ljudskoga roda i opstojnost civilizacije u vrlo su turbulentnu razdoblju ne samo na međunarodnopravnoj nego i, neminovno, na nacionalnopravnoj sceni. Niječu se temeljne naravne postavke iz kojih je nastala i po kojima (još) traje ta jedina nositeljica života. Pravu se može pripisati barem dio odgovornosti u kreiranju postojeće slike obiteljskopravne stvarnosti. To se jasno iščitava iz nastojanja Ujedinjenih naroda, Vijeća Europe i Europske unije, iz slova brojnih međunarodnih dokumenata, prakse Europskog suda za ljudska prava, Suda Europske unije, poredbenopravnih iskustava, jednostavno kao da sve teži nekim novim vizurama obiteljskopravnog realiteta.Family as the basic social unit and marriage as its core on which the future of the human species and the survival of the civilisation relies, are passing through the most turbulent times, both on the international and, unavoidably, national scale. The basic natural precepts from which the family has emerged and by which it (still) exists are denied. Jurisprudence is at least partly responsible for creating the present picture of family-law reality. This is clearly evident in the recent attempts of the United Nations, the European Council and the European Union, the wording of numerous international documents, case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union, and comparative law experience. It seems as if everything is pursuing some new views of the family-law reality