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

• Autore: Lindhorst Taryn
• Pubblicazione: Boston, : Northeastern University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.03/28297
• Soggetto topico: Parental kidnapping; Abused women; Family violence; Custody of children
• Altri autori: EdlesonJeffrey L
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Battered women, their children, and international law
• ISBN: 1-283-87250-1; 1-55553-804-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779455903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law.