Most States are ‘secular’ States. Freedom of religion allows religious communities to organize themselves within the framework of the law of the State. In some other States organized religion has a dominant position enabling it to have a major impact on the law of the State. Private International Law (PIL) of secular States is characterized by a large extent of openness to the law of other States. The extrovert character is missing on the side of non-secular States. The difference should not pass unnoticed. Nationality loses attractiveness as a connecting factor in family law, though it persists as a pointer to the cultural frame of reference for many persons. In Western countries this development is enhanced by libertarian ideas on family law. In PIL a parallel development can be registered. The scope of conflicts of laws rules tends to lose effect on the recognition of acts and facts that are situated abroad. This new ‘method of recognition’ appears to have some effect on the case law of superior courts. The European Union has had to deal with recognition issues in the field of family law.

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国家国籍和宗教家庭法：一些注释

大多数国家都是“世俗”国家。宗教自由允许宗教团体在国家法律框架内组织起来。在其他一些国家，有组织的宗教占据主导地位，使其能够对国家法律产生重大影响。世俗国家的国际私法 (PIL) 的特点是对其他国家的法律有很大程度的开放性。非世俗国家缺少外向性格。差异不应该被忽视。国籍作为家庭法中的一个连接因素失去了吸引力，尽管它仍然作为许多人的文化参考框架的指针。在西方国家，家庭法的自由主义思想促进了这种发展。在 PIL 中，可以注册并行开发。法律冲突规则的范围往往会失去对位于国外的行为和事实的承认的影响。这种新的“承认方法”似乎对高等法院的判例法产生了一些影响。欧盟不得不处理家庭法领域的承认问题。