The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction [Hardcover]

The Hague Child Abduction Convention has proved to be one of the most widely ratified treaties ever agreed at the Hague Conference on Private International Law. This book provides a much needed systematic analysis of the way in which the Convention has been applied in England and Scotland, with extensive reference to the case law of Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and the United States.

General Editor's Preface
Preface
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
Introduction
Sociological Review and Analysis of International Child Abduction
The Evolution of an International Convention: The Hague Model
Aims
Removal and Retention
Rights of Custody
Habitual residence
Article 13(1)(a) Has the Dispossessed Parent Consented to or Subsequently Acquiesced in the Removal or Retention?
The Protection of Children where a return may result in Harm: Article 13(1)(b), Undertakings & Article 20
The Right of a Mature Minor to object to a Return: Article 13,2
Article 12(2): The Child is now settled in its New Environment
Rights of Access
Relationship of the Hague Convention with Other International Instruments
Interpretation
The Child Abduction Convention in Practice
Conclusions
Appendix 1: English and French Text of the Convention
Appendix 2: Table of Ratifications and Accessions
Appendix 3: Hague Convention Statistics
Index

Paul Beaumontis Professor of Law and Head of the Department of Public Law in the University of Aberdeen

Peter McEleaveyis Part time Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics