Many families now have homes or relatives in other countries and acting for such clients requires the practitioner to tackle, understand and advise on issues outside mainstream domestic divorce law.

International Family Law, the unrivalled source of news, comment, articles and cases, will provide you with the knowledge you need to handle these complex cases.

But as well as dealing with practical issues affecting lawyers' case work, International Family Law looks as some of the deeper issues concerning the rationale and jurisprudence of existing law. International family law reform can best go forward when practitioners and academics learn from and communicate with each other.

Edited by Elizabeth Walsh, the respected editor of Family Law, with the help of leading family law specialists from around the world, International Family Law will keep you fully informed of all the latest developments in such subject areas as:

Regular articles on the wider cultural issues of divorce around the world also help you to comprehend the context of each case.

This unique, wide-ranging coverage ensures that International Family Law is an essential resource for family law libraries everywhere.

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• Newsline
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• Features
  Practical advice from leading practitioners worldwide

• Briefings
  Summaries of the most important developments in different jurisdictions

• Diary
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The Hon Mr Justice Mostyn, London
Maggie Rae, Partner, Clintons, London

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[2010] IFL 125-230

Issue 2 (June 2010)

Newsline

Washington Relocation Conference and Poel v Poel
References to the Court of Justice of the EU
1996 Hague Convention on the Protection of Children
Conference of the Commission on European Family Law 2010
EU Regulation on Applicable Law for Matrimonial Property Regimes

Features

The Voice of the Child in Family Proceedings The Rt Hon Lord Justice Thorpe
The Voice of the Child and the Judge The Hon Judge Francisco Javier Forcada Miranda
The Enhancement and Protection of Children’s Rights Corinne Remedios
Assessment and Screening of Child Abuse Priscilla Lui Tsang Sun Kai
International Parental Child Abduction in Australia Linda Manfre
Relocation: the reunite Research Project Marilyn Freeman
Dividing Matrimonial Property on Divorce Andrew Commins
Rights of Custody and Parental Responsibility in English Law David Williams
Double Dutch Bruce, Elizabeth Walker and Sandra Verburgt

Briefings

EU Plans on Applicable Law for Matrimonial Property Regimes Andrea Woelke
The International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers William Longrigg
Family Mediation and Mixed Messages Across Europe Lisa Parkinson
Cohabitation Margaret Carran
BIIR and the Hague Convention: Deticek v Sgueglia  Lara Walker
Brussels Bulletin: A New Commissioner at the Helm Julia Bateman
Hague Conference Update Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference
The School of Natural Law, Serbia Penny Booth
The Certificate of Conformity Sarah Gerling

Book Reviews

International Websites

Diary

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