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Children, the Law and the Welfare Principle: European Judicial Perspectives

Children, the Law and the Welfare Principle: European Judicial Perspectives

Author: Kerry O'Halloran
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032710624
Published In: April 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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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 rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), and the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC). It identifies and assesses themes arising from the many decades of ECtHR cases dealing with issues affecting the welfare interests and rights of children as referred to the Court from the 46 Member States that comprise the Council of Europe. By differentiating between the functions of the welfare principle and those of children’s rights – in the public (care, protection and control), in the private (matrimonial, adoption etc) and in the hybrid (adoption from state care etc) – sectors of family law, it reveals how the law relating to children is changing across Europe. By examining the international framework of legislation and related caselaw it identifies and assesses the themes in that law as they have unfolded over time.

In addition to a digest of international cases and legislation – that identifies and tracks the role of the welfare principle and the emerging rights of children – lawyers, academics and other researchers will find a wealth of information on how the law has evolved to reflect corresponding changes in social mores. For those interested in politics and social policy, there is much illuminating evidence on how the law has balan

Introduction

Part I: The International Legal Framework

1. International Legislation

2. International Courts & 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