1st Edition

Children, the Law and the Welfare Principle European Judicial Perspectives

By Kerry O'Halloran Copyright 2024
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

This book continues the themes addressed by its five predecessors in this series by examining the role of the principle of the welfare interests of the child as addressed in international legislation and by international courts. It provides a record of the key cases in the development of the principle as articulated primarily by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and complemented by... Read more

Introduction

 

Part I: The international legal framework

1. International legislation    

2. International courts and regulatory bodies    

3. International human rights, the welfare interests of the child and the ECtHR         

Part II: Themes in international court rulings: Private family law                        

4. Founding a family                          

5. Family life       

6. Family breakdown    

Part III: Themes in international court rulings: Public family law: civil jurisdiction

7. State intervention: Consensual  

8. State intervention: Coercive     

 

Part IV: Themes in international court rulings: Public family law: criminal jurisdiction

9. Child offenders      

 

Part V: Themes in international court rulings: Public/private family law: hybrid jurisdiction

10. Public services, commercial surrogacy, abduction and adoption from care  

Conclusion         

Biography

Kerry O’Halloran, a professionally qualified lawyer, social worker, and academic, has recently retired from 13 years as Adjunct Professor to the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT, Brisbane. In Northern Ireland, he served on the Social Care Tribunal and on a HSS Trust Adoption Panel. He has advised the Irish government on law reform matters, and has served in a consultancy capacity to government bodies such as Courts Services (Northern Ireland) and to the Open University in England. His 34 books include many on national and international child care matters.