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To Lynch A Child: Bullying And Gender Nonconformity In Our Nation's Schools, Michael J. Higdon Jul 2011

To Lynch A Child: Bullying And Gender Nonconformity In Our Nation's Schools, Michael J. Higdon

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


International Child Abduction And Children's Rights: Two Means To The Same End, Eran Sthoeger Apr 2011

International Child Abduction And Children's Rights: Two Means To The Same End, Eran Sthoeger

Michigan Journal of International Law

The Hague Convention aims to deter future abductors and demonstrate mutual respect for the laws of its member states, while presumably serving the best interests of the child. It operates as a jurisdictional mechanism by reinstating the status quo prior to the removal through the prompt return of the child to his or her place of habitual residence. This return, as clearly stated in the Hague Convention itself, bears no effect on the merits of any existing or future custody dispute between the parents. The Hague Convention demands that contracting states respect past or future decisions pertaining to custody decided …


To The Orphaned, Dispossessed, And Illegitimate Children: Human Rights Beyond Republican And Liberal Traditions, Siba N. Grovogui Jan 2011

To The Orphaned, Dispossessed, And Illegitimate Children: Human Rights Beyond Republican And Liberal Traditions, Siba N. Grovogui

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

After the Helsinki Accords, the collapse of the Soviet Union and its empire, and the collapse of states in Africa and elsewhere, many in the West have come to envisage the enforcement of human rights as a practical matter. Human rights are thus incorporated in normative regimes under the rubrics of either the rule of law or the responsibility to protect to be held against the purveyors of violence. I do not discount the normative underpinnings of the related stands taken today by states and transnational and national civil society organizations. I wish to insist on the futility of envisaging …


The Re-Invention Of Adoption Law: A Reflection, Diane B. Kunz Jan 2011

The Re-Invention Of Adoption Law: A Reflection, Diane B. Kunz

NYLS Law Review

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Permanency Is Not Enough: Children Need The Nurturing Parents Found In International Adoption, Elizabeth Bartholet Jan 2011

Permanency Is Not Enough: Children Need The Nurturing Parents Found In International Adoption, Elizabeth Bartholet

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections On The Special Humanitarian Parole Program For Haitian Orphans, Whitney A. Reitz Jan 2011

Reflections On The Special Humanitarian Parole Program For Haitian Orphans, Whitney A. Reitz

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.