Battered Women, Their Children, and International Law: The Unintended Consequences of the Hague Child Abduction Convention (New England Gender, Crime & Law) - Hardcover

Lindhorst, Taryn; Edleson, Jeffrey L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555538029 ISBN 13: 9781555538026

Publisher: Northeastern University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Ending a bad personal relationship is extremely complicated when the relationship is transnational. Women whose partners are abusive often turn to family members for assistance. When this means leaving one nation for another with one’s children, Hague Convention (1980) international treaties come into play. All too often, the mother is charged with child abduction and forced to return the children to an abusive father. Drawing on a series of true-life stories, the authors reveal important dimensions of domestic law, interpretations of children’s best interests, and the legal rationales required to ensure safety for battered women and their children across international boundaries.Hardcover is un-jacketed.

About this title

About the Author:

TARYN LINDHORST is Carol LaMare Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington. JEFFREY L. EDLESON is Dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1555538029
• ISBN 13: 9781555538026
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280