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INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Kay Joseph V.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.174-1617.1994.tb00336.x
Subject(s) - convention , law , legislation , perspective (graphical) , economic justice , political science , international court , convention on the rights of the child , common law , international law , psychology , sociology , public international law , human rights , mathematics , geometry
Justice Kay discusses the abduction of children and the application of the Hague Convention from the Australian perspective. The article begins with an outline of the common law and the appropriate legislation. Signatory nations to the Hague Convention are listed and Australian case law reviewed. Statistics are also given regarding children who have been taken to what nations.