Foreword, Rt Hon Lady Hale
Part I: General Principles
1. Introduction
2. The History of the Court's Inherent Jurisdiction
3. Fundamental Principles of the Inherent Jurisdiction
4. Procedure in Children Cases
5. The Inherent Jurisdiction in Other Common Law States
Part II: Specific Applications
6. The Court's Nationality-Based Jurisdiction Over Children
7. Child Abduction
8. Medical Decision-Making about Children
9. Child Protection
10. Secure Accommodation and Deprivation of Liberty of Children
11. Adoption and Surrogacy
12. Miscellaneous Uses of the Inherent Jurisdiction in Relation to Children
13. Adults without Mental Capacity
14. Vulnerable Adults with Mental Capacity
15. Conclusions