Chafin v. Chafin. (2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Editors: Lauterpacht, Elihu; Greenwood, Christopher; Lee, Karen
• Is Part Of: International law reports. Volume 164(2016)
• Page Start: 579
• Page End: 595
• Publication Date: 2016
• Subjects: Jurisdiction -- Treaties -- Relationship of international law and municipal law; United States of America; International law -- Cases -- Periodicals; Treaties -- Periodicals; 341.0268
• DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107416130.018
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-0671

Abstract

Abstract : 579 Jurisdiction — Subject-matter jurisdiction — Personal jurisdiction over defendants — Merits — United States Constitution — Power of federal courts restricted to cases and controversies — Litigant must have suffered or been threatened with injury traceable to defendant — Dispute must be live at time of courts' consideration — Parties must have concrete interest in outcome — Circumstances under which cases moot — Availability of partial remedy — Whether rescuing case from mootness Treaties — Interpretation — Object and purpose — Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 1980 — Object and purpose — Country of habitual residence — Return orders — Re-return orders — Power of District Court to reverse return order — Necessity of expediting orders — Conditions for granting stays — Best interests of child Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — United States domestic law — United States Constitution — International Child Abduction Remedies Act 1988 — Child custody — Abrogating Bekier v. Bekier — The law of the United States