The 1989 Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations

Journal Article The 1989 Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations Get access Carol S. Burch Carol S. Burch 1Carol S. Bruch is Professor of Law, University of California, Davis. The author was a member of the United States delegation to the Fourth Inter-American Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-IV), which concluded the convention discussed in this Article. The views expressed here are those of the author alone and do not necessarily express the views of other delegation members or of the State Department, which has not yet formulated an official position or any recommendation regarding United States signature and ratification of the convention. For his fine research assistance, particularly as to Latin American treaty law, she thanks Timothy Firch, Esq., King Hall 1989. And for their gracious hospitality during the research and writing of this article, she thanks the Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht of the University of Cologne; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge; the Law Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science; and the Institut für Internationales Privatrecht-Rechtsvergleichung of the University of Munich. She also acknowledges with gratitude the insights of Professor Rosalyn Higgins on the law of reservations and the financial support of the United States Fulbright Commission and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 40, Issue 4, Autumn 1992, Pages 817–863, https://doi.org/10.2307/840795 Published: 01 October 1992

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