La D.G.R.N. en su labor de toma en consideración de la ley extranjera: análisis de la práctica existente y expectativas ante la ley 54/2007, de 28 de diciembre, de adopción internacional

In the scope of Private International Law, this paper analyses those relevant elements that allow to identify the general lines of the behaviour of the Dirección General de Registros y del Notariado in relationship with the application of foreign law in its resolutions related to international children adoption. On one hand, it will be analysed the treatment of foreign law in this matter by a non-judicial authority, that is to say, who, how and with what scope foreign law is pleaded and proved, showing, on the other hand, its differences with the court practice. And all of this, despite the Conventions rules, before the coming into force of the Spanish Ley 54/2007, de 28 de diciembre, de adopción internacional, as domestic Spanish Law regulating this subject