The Politics of Adoption International Perspectives on Law, Policy and Practice /
This book explains, compares and evaluates the social and legal functions of adoption within a range of selected jurisdictions and on an international basis. It updates and extends the second edition published by Springer in 2009. From a standpoint of the development of adoption in England & Wal...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. 2015. |
| Series: | Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part One Adoption, Society and the Law: the Common Law Context
- Chap 1 Adoption: Concept, Principles and Social Construct
- Chap 2 The Changing Face of Adoption
- Part Two Developing International Benchmarks for Modern Adoption Law
- Chap 3 The Legal Functions of Adoption
- Chap 4 Adoption and the European Court of Human Rights
- Chap 5 Inter country Adoption and The Hague Convention
- Part Three Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in a Common Law Context
- Chap 6 England and Wales
- Chap 7 Ireland
- Chap 8 The US
- Chap 9 Canada
- Chap 10 Australia
- Chap 11 New Zealand
- Part Four Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in a European Civil Law Context
- Chap 12 Sweden
- Chap 13 France
- Chap 14 Germany
- Part Five Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in Asia
- Chap 15 The Adoption Process in an Islamic Context
- Chap 16 Japan
- Chap 17 China
- Part Six Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in an Indigenous Peoples Context
- Chap 18 Intra culture Adoption
- Part Seven The Influence of Politics
- Chap 19 Politics and a Regulatory Regime for Adoption
- Chap 20 Politics and the Contemporary Social Role of Adoption
- Conclusion
- Index.
