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Lecturing in Japan on Hague Abduction Convention

Jeremy D. Morleywww.international-divorce.comI am pleased to announce that, at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, I will be lecturing on the Hague Abduction Convention in Japan in the last week of February to the Ministry of … Continue reading

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Abbenhuis: The Hague Conferences and International Politics, 1898-1915

Maartje Abbenhuis (Univ. of Auckland – History) has published The Hague Conferences and International Politics, 1898-1915 (Bloomsbury 2018). Here's the abstract: Beginning with the extraordinary rescript by Tsar Nicholas II in August 1898 calling the world's governments to a disarmament … Continue reading

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New Paper on the Hague Principles on Choice of Law

Michael Douglas and Nicholas Loadsman, The Impact of the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts, Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2018. Also available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3230515  (see there for abstract) Read more detail on … Continue reading

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Appeal Court Says Judges Cannot Avoid Determinations of Grave Risk of Harm in Hague Convention Cases

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently reversed a Hague Convention order that a mother from England must return to England with her two children, failing which her British husband would have custody of their children. (Zafar v. Saiyid (2018) ONCA … Continue reading

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Japanese Supreme Court Renders Decision on Hague Abduction Convention

On December 21, 2017, the Japanese Supreme Court rendered a decision on the Hague Abduction Convention.  The Court upheld a lower court decision in favor of the Japanese mother, even though she  had turned back on her promise to return the kids from … Continue reading

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