Professor Beaumont's article on maintenance in private international law was cited recently by Advocate General Szpunar in the Court of Justice of the EU.
The Advocate General recently cited the article - published in the (2009) Rabels Zeitschrift 509, together with a book co-edited by Professor Beaumont on Recovery of Maintenance in the EU and Worldwide (Hart, 2014).
Advocates General provide authoritative reference points for proceedings of the Court of Justice of the EU.
The Opinion is available in French here: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=198845&pageIndex=0&doclang=FR&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=784046 …
