TY - T1 - Teleology behind the Prohibition of Recognition of Polygamous Marriages under the EU Family Reunification Directive – a Critique of Rule Effectiveness SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/334598 T3 - A1 - Stybnarova, Nicole A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - This article focuses on the recognition of foreign marriages and personal statuses as part of family reunification proceedings under EU Family Reunification Directive. The central focus of the article is the principle of not recognising polygamous mar-riages as grounds for the right to family reunification. The article briefly examines the historical negative approaches to recognising polygamous marriages in the Western Migration Law as well as Private International Law and accordingly, the inte... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 513 Law; Migration Law; Private International Law; Muslim marriages; polygamous marriages; feminist critique; rule teleology N1 - PP - ER -