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Battered women, their children, and international law : the unintended consequences of the Hague Child Abduction Convention / Taryn Lindhorst, Jeffrey L. Edleson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindhorst, Taryn.
- Series:
- Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
- The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980 October 25).
- Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
- Parental kidnapping.
- Abused women.
- Family violence.
- Custody of children.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 258 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- An eye-opening appraisal of how current Hague Child Abduction Convention agreements unintentionally harm abused women and their children
- Ending a bad personal relationship is extremely complicated when the relationship is transnational. Women whose partners are abusive often turn to family members for assistance. When this means leaving one nation for another with one's children, Hague Convention (1980) international treaties come into play. All too often, the mother is, charged with child abduction and forced to return the children to an abusive father. Drawing on a series of true-life, stories, the authors reveal important dimensions, of domestic law, interpretations of children's best interests, and the legal rationales required to ensure safety for battered women and their children across international, boundaries. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Emotional Terror, Physical Harm, and Women's Experiences of Domestic Violence 28
- 2 The Misinterpretation of Domestic Violence: Recasting Survival as Child Abduction 56
- 3 The Unique Situation of Latinas Responding to Hague Petitions with Luz Lopez and Gita Mehrotra 84
- 4 Child Exposure to Abduction and Domestic Violence 101
- 5 Hague Decisions and the Aftermath 121
- 6 How Attorneys Litigate Hague Domestic Violence Cases 146
- 7 Judicial Reasoning in Hague Cases Involving Domestic Violence with William Vesneski 172
- 8 Practice and Policy Implications 192.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781555538033
- 1555538037
- 9781555538026
- 1555538029
- 9781555538040
- 1555538045
- OCLC:
- 785870472
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