Legal study of the case of Juana Rivas and Francesco Arcuri from the perspective of Private International Law and Civil Law

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the so-called “Juana Rivas Case”, which has at­tracted the attention of the media. Leaving media interest aside, the case is of considerable importance from a legal point of view, due to the presence of international elements that link the situation with two legal systems, Spanish and Italian. It is therefore appropriate to approach the main questions of the con­troversy from an international-privatist approach, as well as from the point of view of comparative law.