The Hague Child Abduction Convention : a critical analysis / Rhona Schuz.

Oxford ; Hart Publishing, Portland, Or. : 2013.

1st edition

83459

Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction -- (1980 October 25)

Kidnapping -- European Union countries.

Domestic relations -- European Union countries.

Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Part II. 5. 6. Part III. 7. 8. Part IV. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Part V. 14. 15. Part VI. 16. 17. 18. Part VII. 19. Overview

The birth of the abduction convention and its inter-relationship with other legal instruments

The operation of the abduction of the abduction convention Inter-disciplinary aspects of international child abduction

International relocation and its inter-relationship with child abduction

Parameters for analysis

Parameters relating to text and objectives

Consistency with general legal doctrines

Conditions for application of mandatory return mechanism

Wrongful removal or retention

Habitual residence

Defences to mandatory return

Article 12(2)

Consent and acquiescence

Grave risk of harm

Child's objection

Violation of fundermental human rights and freedoms

The voice of the child

Ascertaining the child's views

Status of the child in abduction convention proceedings

Related proceedings and processes

Mediation

Compensating the left-behind parent

Enforcing rights of access

The way ahead

Conclusions and recommendations.

Rhona Schuz is a senior academic in the Centre for the Rights of the Child and the Family at the Shaarei Mishpat Law College in Israel. This monograph is a work of significant scholarship that comprehensively analyses the interpretation and application of the Hague Child Abduction Convention.

Detailed table of contents available via online link.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781849460170

lv, 474 p. ; 25 cm