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Private International Law

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Hague Child Abduction Case, Urges Speed by Lower Courts in Such Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 Chafin v. Chafin, 133 S.Ct. 1017 (2013).

2 Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United Sates, 106 AJIL 843, 878 (2012)Google Scholar; Adam Liptak, Custody Case in Scotland Goes Before U.S. Justices, N.Y. Times, Dec. 6, 2012, at A16; Robert Barnes, Justices Weigh International Custody Case, Wash. Post, Dec. 6, 2012, at A3; Editorial, Chafin v. Chafin, N.Y. Times, Dec. 12, 2012, at A30.

3 [Editor’s note: Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, opened for signature Oct. 25, 1980, 1343 UNTS 98.]

4 [Editor’s note: 42 U.S.C. §11601 et seq.]

5 Chafin, 133 S.Ct. at 1018.

6 Id. at 1022–23.

7 Id. at 1024 (citations omitted).

8 Id. at 1024–26 (footnote and citations omitted).

9 Id. at 1026–28 (citations omitted).

10 Id. at 1029–31 (Ginsburg, Scalia & Breyer, JJ., concurring) (citations and footnote omitted).