International Handbook on Child Participation in Family Law

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-83970-056-9
Verlag: Intersentia Ltd

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

This topical and timely book considers children’s participation rights in the context of family law proceedings, and how their operation can be improved for the benefit of children and family justice systems globally. In doing so, it provides the pedagogical reasoning for child participation, as well as a thorough analysis of the relevant human rights instruments in this area, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

This comprehensive book examines the way in which private international law instruments deal with child participation in separation/divorce, parental responsibility and child abduction proceedings. In addition, the book includes individual contributions from renowned family law experts from 17 countries who describe and analyse the local laws and exercise of child participation rights in their own jurisdictions. These insightful texts include the authors’ views on the improvements needed to ensure that child participation rights are fully respected and implemented in the countries under review. A detailed comparative analysis follows which helpfully pinpoints both the key commonalities and differences in these global processes. Finally, the concluding chapter draws together the different perspectives revealed across the handbook, and identifies several key issues requiring further reflection from scholars, policy makers and family justice professionals.

The International Handbook on Child Participation in Family Law is a rich source of information and essential reading for all those working in this important and evolving field.

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With contributions by Nicholas Bala (Queen’s University), Felicity Bell (University of New South Wales), Rachel Birnbaum (King’s University College at Western University), Ingrid Boone (KU Leuven), Mariëlle Bruning (Leiden University), Judy Cashmore AO (University of Sydney), Charlotte Declerck (Hasselt University), Nina Dethloff (University of Bonn), Ester di Napoli (LUMSA University), Linda D. Elrod (Washburn University), Simona Florescu (Leiden University), Marilyn Freeman (University of Westminster), Joe Harman (Federal Circuit Court of Australia), Christina G. Jeppesen de Boer (Utrecht University), Annette Kronborg (Southern University of Denmark), Thalia Kruger (University of Antwerp), Nigel Lowe QC (Hon) (Cardiff University), Nataša Lucic (Josip Juraj Strossmayer University), Francesca Maoli (University of Genoa), Charlotte Mol (Utrecht University), Tamar Morag (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Anna Nylund (University of Tromsø), Stephanie Rap (Leiden University), Branka Rešetar (Josip Juraj Strossmayer University), Wendy Schrama (Utrecht University), Daniela Schröder (University of Bonn), Rhona Schuz (Academic College for Law and Science), Julia Sloth-Nielsen (University of the Western Cape), Daisy J.H. Smeets (Leiden University), Nicola Taylor (University of Otago), E. Kay M. Tisdall (University of Edinburgh), Eva Vertommen (KU Leuven) and Ningning Zhao (V & T Law Firm).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Schrama, Wendy

Freeman, Marilyn

Taylor, Nicola

Bruning, Marielle

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Recht mehrerer Jurisdiktionen, Synopsen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Familienrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the International Handbook (p. 1) PART I. CHILD PARTICIPATION: AN EVALUATIVE FRAMEWORK. Child Participation in International and Regional Human Rights Instruments (p. 11) Child Participation in Family Law Proceedings: Pedagogical Insights on Why and How to Involve Children (p. 41) PART II. CHILD PARTICIPATION IN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW. The Hague Conventions and EU Instruments in Private International Law (p. 67) PART III. NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES. Australia (p. 87) Belgium (p. 103) Canada (p. 121) China (p. 133) Croatia (p. 143) Denmark (p. 157) England and Wales (p. 171) Germany (p. 185) Israel (p. 205) Italy (p. 219) The Netherlands (p. 231) New Zealand (p. 245) Norway (p. 259) Romania (p. 273) Scotland (p. 287) South Africa (p. 303) United States of America (p. 317) PART IV. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. Child Participation in Family Law Proceedings Compared (p. 333)

Über Autor(innen)

Schrama, Wendy
Wendy Schrama is Professor of Family Law and Comparative Law and Director of the Utrecht Centre for European Research into Family Law (UCERF) at Utrecht University. She serves as an editor of several family law journals and commentaries, and has published extensively on family law issues. She also is a part-time family law judge at a Dutch district court and has previously worked at the Dutch Ministry of Justice.

Freeman, Marilyn
Marilyn Freeman is co-Director of the International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice (ICFLPP) and Principal Research Fellow at Westminster Law School, University of Westminster, London, England, UK.

Taylor, Nicola
Nicola Taylor is Professor at the Faculty of Law and Director of the Children' s Issues Centre, University of Otago, New Zealand; Holder of the Alexander McMillan Leading Thinker Chair in Childhood Studies.