The Routledge handbook of international family law / edited by Barbara Stark and Jacqueline Heaton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stark, Barbara, 1952- editor.

Heaton, J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domestic relations (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Globalisation, and the vast migrations of capital and labour that have accompanied it in recent decades, has transformed family law in once unimaginable ways. Families have been torn apart and new families have been created. Borders have become more porous, allowing adoptees and mail order brides to join new families and women fleeing domestic violence to escape from old ones. People of different nationalities marry, have children, and divorce, not necessarily in that order. They file suits in their respective home states or third states, demanding support, custody, and property. Otherwise law-abiding parents risk jail in desperate efforts to abduct their own children from foreign ex-spouses. The aim of this Handbook is toprovide scholars, postgraduate students, judges, and practionerswith a broad but authoritative review of current research in the area of International Family Law. The contributors reflect ona range of jurisdictions and legal traditions and their approaches vary. Each chapter has a distinct subject matter and was written by an author who was invited because of his or her expertise on that subject. This volume provides a valuable contribution to emerging understandings of the subject.

Contents:

Marriage / Maebh Harding

LGBTQ relationships / Nicholas Bamforth

Customary marriages / Thandabantu Nhlapo

Divorce / Barbara Stark

Post-divorce maintenance for spouses / Geoffrey Shannon

Distribution of property on divorce / Bill Atkin

International family mediation : recent developments / Nuria Gonzalez-Martin

Child custody and cognate concepts : the challenges / Elaine Sutherland

Child support / Margaret F. Brinig

Adoption / Barbara Stark

Personal relations and contact concerning children / Frederik Swennen

Children's rights within the family / Geraldine van Bueren

Reproductive rights / Rachael Rebouche

Surrogacy / Dr. Phillipp Reuss

Father's rights : Japan as a different paradigm / Colin Jones

Theories of family law and the state / Aziza Ahmed

Domestic violence / Rashida Manjoo

Transnational families : the right to family life in the age of global migration / Edit Frenyó.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-04311-1

1-317-04312-X

1-315-61307-7

9781315613079

OCLC:

1084638056