Sociological Aspects of Family Law Institutes, Legal Culture and Family Law Institutes

Sa？etak The purpose of this paper is to try to explain the adoption and (non) application of family law institutes in Croatia. The topic is discussed from the historical perspective, referring to the early statutes and codes, with a brief overview of the contemporary social processes that, in our opinion, still significantly affect the actual construction of reality, as well as legal culture at the nomotechnical and implementational level. Finally, some values and attitudes regarding marriage and family are presented, that are considered to be essential for family law institutes in Croatia. Based on the conducted analysis, the author proposes what should be regulated or not, and what should be done (or not ) in order to have high quality family law institutes that can regulate relations in this sphere in Croatian society as it is, not as it should or could be in our thoughts and desires