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Interesting Hague Abduction Decision in the 7th Circuit

Judge Richard Posner’s recent opinion in Khan v. Fatima considers the obligations of a trial court judge under Fed.R.Civ.P.
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New Projects for the Hague Conference

The Conclusions and Recommendations adopted by the Hague Conference General Affairs Council at its meeting in April 2012 include two interesting new projects in connection with the Child Abduction and Child
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Religious Conversions for Marriage Considered in Pakistan

Controversy over several cases of Hindu women converting to Islam in order to marry Islamic men has reached the Pakistani Supreme Court, which resolved the cases by sequestering the women from their families and their husbands in a shelter for several weeks and then having a court registrar record their statements privately regarding their
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Islamists and Moroccan Marriage Law

An article in the Washington Post discusses the controversy in Morocco sparked by the suicide last month of a teenager who was raped and then married off to the man who had raped her.  The current law allows a rapist to avoid prosecution if he marries the vicitm.The story reports that although
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International Family Law Desk Book

Cover of International Family Law Desk Book
I’m delighted to announce publication of my book, written for lawyers, judges, students and scholars working in the area of International Family Law.  Ordering information is available 
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