Family Law in the World Community

Family Law in the World Community
Author: D. Marianne Brower Blair
Publisher:
Total Pages: 968
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The second edition of this casebook has been updated and trimmed, although it retains a wide range of topics and materials. It covers a variety of private international law issues, including child abduction, child custody, adoption, child support enforcement, and recognition of marriages and divorces. The book also explores the impact of public international law on both domestic and international regulation of the family, using topics such as family violence and the rights of the child. Finally, the book uses comparative law materials to examine traditional family law topics, such as the regulation of marriage, the rights of same-sex couples, adoption, reproductive freedom, and more.

Family Law Across Borders

Family Law Across Borders
Author: MELISSA A.. HALE KUCINSKI (BRUCE. COFFEE, MICHAEL S.)
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 699
Release: 2021-07-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781647084288

This casebook provides a comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date analysis of family law from comparative and private international law perspectives. It emphasizes the need to examine complex cross-border family situations by comparing legal systems and understanding the jurisdictional overlay, with a particular focus on the United States. The casebook addresses some of the most intimate and legally complicated situations in which cross-border families find themselves, including the validity of foreign marriages, simultaneous divorce proceedings in multiple countries, the changing law in creating families using adoption and assisted reproductive technology, and how to remedy an international parental child abduction. In addition, the book dives into the importance of judicial assistance treaties and laws when understanding the legal issues, including the necessity to have proper service in a foreign country, obtaining evidence overseas, and authenticating foreign public documents. This book is a superb companion for law students and practitioners alike, and can readily be used in a traditional theory-based class and in practicum courses. It provides substantive material for a course on International Family Law, or can supplement a course on Family Law, International Law, or Comparative Law.

International Family Law

International Family Law
Author: Barbara Stark
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1351926837

International law has become part of everyday family law practice, as lawyers everywhere are confronted with questions regarding the rights of 'mail-order' brides, the adoption of children from other countries, the abduction of children by foreign parents, and domestic violence victims seeking asylum. Indeed, globalization is transforming family law, even as families themselves are being redefined. This book provides a practical overview of such issues and also examines the ways in which culture shapes family law in different countries. It provides students with a useful introduction to challenging, complicated and fascinating issues in international family law. Finally, by incorporating a comparative perspective, it gives readers an opportunity to re-examine their own legal systems.

Family Law in America

Family Law in America
Author: Sanford N. Katz
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2015
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199759227

This volume examines the state of family law in America. Among its themes is the tension between individual autonomy and governmental regulation in all aspects of family law. It examines both conventional and new definitions of formal and informal domestic relationships.

International Issues in Family Law

International Issues in Family Law
Author: Henry Setright
Publisher: Family Law, a publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Children (International law)
ISBN: 9781784731526

This new book covers international issues in family law

The Hague Abduction Convention

The Hague Abduction Convention
Author: Jeremy D. Morley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
ISBN: 9781634255691

Handling Hague abduction cases is challenging and fulfilling. Although Hague cases are tried very quickly, they still require an intimate knowledge of the Convention and of the voluminous case law that has developed around it. Hague cases also require a complete understanding of international child custody law in general and in particular, for U.S. practitioners, of the relationship between The Hague Convention and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction & Enforcement Act. The Convention operates in the U.S. in ways that differ from those in other Hague countries. This is because of the federal legislation that implements the treaty, the concurrence of federal and state jurisdiction, the lack of a specialized group of judges who handle cases under the Convention, the uniform state legislation on child custody jurisdiction, and a host of other factors. When children are the subject of international family law disputes, the challenges are often great and emotions generally run high. Simply put, money can be divided but children cannot. This book is a must-have resource of any family law practitioner that wants to represent the best interests of his client and their heirs involved in a Hague case.

Underhill and Hayton Law of Trusts and Trustees Set

Underhill and Hayton Law of Trusts and Trustees Set
Author: David Hayton
Publisher: Butterworths
Total Pages: 1944
Release: 2018-07-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781474312950

Underhill & Hayton Law of Trusts and Trustees is our flagship Trusts title and is recognised as being the leading book in the market. Written by renowned experts in the field this major work provides practitioners with expert commentary on the law of trusts and trustees and is a guide to all legal developments relating to trusts. It examines legislation and case law, including cases from significant offshore trust jurisdictions likely to affect UK trust law - beneficial to those working in Trusts both at legal practices as well as banks and accountancy firms.Its easy reference format takes you through the definitions of trusts, administration of trusts and consequences of breaches of trust. Whatever stage you are advising clients at, you will find all the information you need in Underhill and Hayton.

Normativity and Diversity in Family Law

Normativity and Diversity in Family Law
Author: Nadjma Yassari
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2021-11-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 303083106X

With regard to family law, this volume examines claims based on cultural tradition, ethnic background, custom, religious affiliation and sexual orientation, as well as various other “claims” that are not officially recognized in state law, in 15 jurisdictions around the world. The country reports seek to determine whether these claims represent a challenge to family law as conceived by the state, and if so, how these challenges are being managed. The focus lies on the interaction between (i) claims and traditions raising minority-related and diversity-related issues and (ii) the state as the addressee of these demands for accommodation. The reports identify specific instances and situations that have proven (and in many cases still are) particularly difficult to resolve. They force decision-makers to engage in a delicate balancing act between different, often clashing interests.

International Survey of Family Law 2019

International Survey of Family Law 2019
Author: Margaret Brinig
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-09-16
Genre: Domestic relations
ISBN: 9781780687964

The International Society of Family Law is an independent, international, and non-political scholarly association dedicated to the study, research and discussion of family law and related disciplines. The Society's membership currently includes professors, lecturers, scholars, teachers, and researchers from more than 50 different countries, offering a unique opportunity for networking within a truly international family law community.The International Survey of Family Law is the annual review of the International Society of Family Law. It brings together reliable and clearly structured insights into the latest and most notable developments in family law from all around the globe. Chapters are prepared by an international team of selected experts in the field, usually covering 20 or more jurisdictions in each edition.