Child abduction within the European Union / Katarina Trimmings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trimmings, Katarina, author.

Series:

Studies in private international law ; v. 11.

Studies in private international law ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parental kidnapping--European Union countries.

Parental kidnapping.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The first part of the book critically evaluates the evolution of the separate intra-EU child abduction regime and examines the extent to which the European Union complied with its standards of good legislative drafting during the negotiations on the Brussels II bis Regulation. It seeks to demonstrate that there was no real legal need for the involvement of the European Union in the area of child abduction and for the tightening of the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention return mechanism. The second part of the book presents findings of a statistical survey into the operation of child abduction provisions of the Brussels II bis Regulation in the first year of the functioning of the instrument and reveals how effectively the intra-EU return mechanism operated in that year. Based on the findings of the statistical survey, the book identifies and discusses a number of points of concern in respect of the functioning of the new child abduction scheme. Finally, the book investigates whether the Brussels II bis Regulation has added any value in the area of child abduction."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

Milestones on the road to the separate child abduction regime within the European Union

Principles of good legislative drafting vs child abduction provisions of the Brussels II bis regulation

The argument of the misuse of Article 13(1)(b) : myth or reality?

Operation of the Brussels II bis regulation : empirical study

Points of concern

Added value of the Brussels II bis regulation : a more child-centred approach as a result of the obligation to hear the child introduced by Article 11(2) of the regulation

Conclusions.

Notes:

"This book is based on the author's doctoral thesis, which was presented for the degree of Ph. D. at the University of Aberdeen in April 2010"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472566478

1472566475

9781782250821

1782250824

OCLC:

852757205