Battered women, their children, and international law [electronic resource] : the unintended consequences of the Hague Child Abduction Convention / Taryn Lindhorst, Jeffrey L. Edleson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindhorst, Taryn.

Contributor:

Edleson, Jeffrey L.

Series:

Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law.

The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parental kidnapping.

Abused women.

Family violence.

Custody of children.

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

Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Northeastern University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An eye-opening appraisal of how current Hague Child Abduction Convention agreements unintentionally harm abused women and their children

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Authors' Note; Introduction | Globalization, Families, and Domestic Violence: The Hague Convention in Practice; 1 | Emotional Terror, Physical Harm, and Women's Experiences of Domestic Violence; 2 | The Misinterpretation of Domestic Violence: Recasting Survival as Child Abduction; 3 | The Unique Situation of Latinas Responding to Hague Petitions; 4 | Child Exposure to Abduction and Domestic Violence; 5 | Hague Decisions and the Aftermath; 6 | How Attorneys Litigate Hague Domestic Violence Cases

7 | Judicial Reasoning in Hague Cases Involving Domestic Violence8 | Practice and Policy Implications; Afterword; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; References; Legal Cases Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-87250-1

1-55553-804-5

OCLC:

821020884