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Author:   Kerry O'Halloran (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032723891

ISBN 10:   1032723890
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   26 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: The international legal framework 1. International legislation 2. International courts and regulatory bodies 3. International human rights, the welfare interests of the child and the ECtHR Part II: Themes in international court rulings: Private family law 4. Founding a family 5. Family life 6. Family breakdown Part III: Themes in international court rulings: Public family law: civil jurisdiction 7. State intervention: Consensual 8. State intervention: Coercive Part IV: Themes in international court rulings: Public family law: criminal jurisdiction 9. Child offenders Part V: Themes in international court rulings: Public/private family law: hybrid jurisdiction 10. Public services, commercial surrogacy, abduction and adoption from care Conclusion

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Kerry O’Halloran, a professionally qualified lawyer, social worker, and academic, has recently retired from 13 years as Adjunct Professor to the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT, Brisbane. In Northern Ireland, he served on the Social Care Tribunal and on a HSS Trust Adoption Panel. He has advised the Irish government on law reform matters, and has served in a consultancy capacity to government bodies such as Courts Services (Northern Ireland) and to the Open University in England. His 34 books include many on national and international child care matters.

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