On the occasion of his retirement, Professor Dr. Walter Pintens" many friends and colleagues, in Belgium and from around the globe, presented him with a liber amicorum, reflecting the broad academic and social range of Professor Pintens" activities as one of the truly outstanding legal academics of his generation. This two volume liber amicorum comprises articles on family and succession law, written by international leading academics and practitioners. The articles are focused around the following topics: names * regulating relationships * marriage and divorce * matrimonial property and maintenance * marital agreements and autonomy * children and family * freedom of testation, donation inter vivos, and succession law * private international law * harmonization and Europeanization. [PLEASE NOTE: The contributions in this multilingual two volume set are presented in English, Dutch, French, or German.]