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Research handbook on adoption law
Title
Research handbook on adoption law / edited by Nigel Lowe (emeritus professor, Faculty of Law, Cardiff University), Claire Fenton-Glynn (professor of child and family law, faculty of law, University of Cambridge, UK).
ISBN
9781800883260 (e-book)
Publication
Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (436 pages).
Notes
Description based on print record.
Summary
"Bringing together scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this fascinating and timely Research Handbook provides diverse perspectives on the law and practice of adoption. It examines how adoption laws differ between countries and cultures, and the ongoing effects of adoption on the child, the birth parent(s), and the adoptive parent(s). This Research Handbook documents the history of adoption legislation and offers comparative perspectives on the implementation of full adoption in England and Wales, in contrast to the use of simple adoption in other European countries. Chapters examine the challenges facing adoption law; from adoption without parental consent and anonymous birth, to transracial and intercountry adoption, as well as discussing the human rights of the child during and after the adoption process. Providing an abundance of global research on all aspects of the topic of adoption, Nigel Lowe and Claire Fenton-Glynn offer a comprehensive guide to the past, present, and future of adoption law. The Research Handbook of Adoption Law will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers of family law and social work, as well as human rights lawyers, legal practitioners in the field of adoption, and social workers worldwide"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 13, 2023
Series
Research handbooks in family law series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Contents: Part I. Introduction
1. Introduction: an overview of adoption / Nigel Lowe and Claire Fenton-Glynn
2. Adoption in England and Wales: a brief history / Jenny Keating
3. Understanding adoption: the rights approach / John Tobin
4. The economics of adoption / Margaret Brehm
Part II. The different faces of adoption
5. Adoption without parental consent / Julie Doughty
6. Simple adoption / Machteld Vonk and Ian Sumner
7. Thinking about secret birth / Sarah Trotter
8. Adoption for step-families from 1926 to 2021 / Judith Masson
9. A content analysis of transracial adoption in American newspapers during 2020-21 / Elizabeth Raleigh
Part III. The adoption process
10. Fathers and the adoption process / Claire Fenton-Glynn and Brian Sloan
11. Gauging the child's presence and voice in adoption proceedings of children from care in seven European countries: applying a child equality perspective / Hege Stein Helland, Katrin Kriz and Marit Skivenes
12. Compulsory adoption: an advocate's perspective / Andrew Bainham
Part IV. Post adoption
13. Outcomes for children adopted from care in the UK / Julie Selwyn
14. Post-adoption contact / Mandi MacDonald
15. Understanding adoption breakdown: a socio-legal perspective / June Thoburn
Part V. Comparative perspectives on adoption
16. Adoption in Africa / Julia Sloth-Nielsen
17. Adoption in 'new family forms': emerging case law from the European Court of Human Rights / Lydia Bracken
Part VI. Intercountry adoption
18. The rise and fall of intercountry adoption 1995-2019 / Peter Selman
19. The practical operation and impact of the 1993 Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption / Laura Martínez-Mora
20. Defending intercountry adoption: an ethical analysis of the best interests of children and subsidiarity / Sarah-Vaughan Brakman
21. The legal mandate for ending the modern era of intercountry adoption / David Smolin
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