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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829166103321

Autore

Lindhorst Taryn

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Northeastern University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-87250-1

1-55553-804-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law

Altri autori (Persone)

EdlesonJeffrey L

Disciplina

344.03/28297

Soggetti

Parental kidnapping

Abused women

Family violence

Custody of children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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