Overview
- Provides a comparative analysis of adoption law, policy and practice across selected modern western nations
- Traces the evolution of adoption law, policy and practice across many centuries and societies
- Provides a comparative evaluation of adoption processes in England and Wales and other countries, including Australia, Ireland and the US, that share the common law tradition
- Examines and evaluates the modern phenomenon of intercountry adoption
- Contrasts the highly regulated legal process of modern western society with the traditional practice of indigenous communities such as the Maori
- Examines the impact of recent international Conventions and related judicial decisions on national adoption law
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“This is an excellent publication for those wanting to get an international perspective on the politics of adoption. It is authoritative and greatly informative.” (Professor John Triseliotis)
“Kerry O’Halloran’s Politics of Adoption provides a comprehensive and thoughtful overview of adoption law, both domestic and international, in the common law world. It is an invaluable resource not only for practitioners and scholars but for anyone interested in acquiring an in depth understanding of adoption in all its forms and complexity.” (Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, David H. Levin Chair in Family Law, Director, Center on Children and Families, Fredric G. Levin College of Law, Co-Director, Institute for Child and Adolescent Research and Evaluation (ICARE), Gainesville, Florida)
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About the editor
Kerry O’Halloran is a lawyer, social worker and academic who has spent most of his professional life engaged with this subject. The Politics of Adoption is the product of rigorous research, validated by academics in the countries concerned and is written in an accessible manner to appeal not only to academics and practitioners but also to the many whose lives have been touched by adoption.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Politics of Adoption
Book Subtitle: International Perspectives on Law, Policy & Practice
Editors: Kerry O'Halloran
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9152-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8081-3Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9152-0Published: 01 December 2008
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXII, 496
Topics: Civil Law, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Public International Law, Social Work, Philosophy of Law, Social Policy