“Rhona Schuz’s publication is an important contribution to the practitioner’s shelf in a difficult & rapidly changing field of private international law”
Author: Rhona Schuz
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781849460170
Price: £70
Child abduction is the scourge of the modern age. It is on the increase—the result of mobility of labour and affordable flights, albeit that 75% of abductors are known to be mothers fleeing, well-motivated and ignorant of the law, to the state where they expect family support after relationship breakdown. The specialist subject presents challenges to advisers of clients embroiled in international litigation who above all need clear prediction of outcome.
An important contribution
In a year when the Supreme Court has recognised the importance of the Hague Abduction Convention of 1980 by deciding three cases on Convention concepts, Rhona Schuz’s publication is an important contribution to the practitioner’s shelf in a difficult and rapidly changing field of private international law. As senior lecturer at the Shaarei Mishpat Law College in Israel, and formerly a lecturer in law at the London School of Economics), her work bridges the
