Books
MKFL is proud to have contributed to the following books that examine different topics in the field of international family law.
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The Elgar Companion to The Hague Conference on Private International Law
This comprehensive Companion is a unique guide to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). Written by international experts who have all directly or indirectly contributed to the work of the HCCH, this Companion is a critical assessment of, and reflection on, past and possible future contributions of the HCCH to the further development and unification of private international law. The Companion includes a chapter by Melissa Kucinski on the work of the Hague Conference on international family mediation.
ISBN: 978 1 78897 649 7
Publication Date: December 2020
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A Practical Handbook for The Child’s Attorney: Effectively Representing Children in Custody Cases
Children are the central focus in any custody case, but all too often attorneys, judges, and parents can lose sight of this. This book focuses on the means that allows the child’s voice to be heard – the appointment of a child’s attorney. With the questions the appointment of a child’s attorney raises about why to listen to the child, how best to solicit the child’s opinion, and what issues this may cause, this handbook presents a logical framework for addressing those important questions and providing the most productive answers. The Book includes a full chapter on representing children in international custody, relocation, and abduction cases.
ISBN: 9781641051842
Publication Date: 7/30/2018
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Family Law Across Borders: Cases and Comments
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.
ISBN: 9781647084288
Publication Date: 07/16/2021