Antonello Miranda is Full Professor of European and Comparative Law. Dean of the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Palermo. Law Degree 1978 with Distinction and Merit. Specialised at London School of Economics and at the City of London Polytechnic. In 1980 and 1984 he was awarded two scholarships of the Italian Council of Researches in order to make his researches in England (London School of Economics and IALS). Honorary Judge since 1998 and Avvocato (bar association) since 2002. In 1998 he was elected to a fellowship of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London. He performed his researches at various foreign university institutes and particularly at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of London where he was visiting fellow from Oct 2001 to March 2002. From 1st November 2003 for a period of 3 years, he was requested by the University of London to develop researches on Family Law as Visiting Senior Research Fellow of the School of Advanced Studies. He is coordinator of the project “E-medi@ te.” He was Member of the Board of External Examiner of the SOAS – University of London. He is member of the International Society of Family Law and General Secretary of the Italian Association of Comparative Law. He is the General Editor of the questionnaire on “Duties of care and duties of cash in Family Law” for the Common Core of European Private Law Project. He is the Co-editor of the Publications of the Faculty of Political Science of Palermo University and Member of the International Committee of the Child and Family Law Quarterly Review.