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Adoption Law and Human Rights: International Perspectives book cover

1st Edition

Adoption Law and Human Rights International Perspectives

By Kerry O'Halloran Copyright 2018
364 Pages
by Routledge

362 Pages
by Routledge

362 Pages
by Routledge
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In recent decades, there have been many changes to adoption law and practice, such as a sharp decline in the voluntary relinquishment of children, an increase in the number consigned to public care, and an abrupt decrease in those made available on an intercountry basis. Additionally, human rights are becoming more prominent, particularly in relation to issues such as: non-consensual adoption;... Read more

1.  Introduction;  2: Chapter One: Human Rights and the Concepts, Principles and Social Construct of Adoption;  3. Chapter Two: The Domestic Legal Framework;  4. Chapter Three: The International Legal Framework & Intercountry Adoption;  5: Chapter Four: The Adoption Process, Human Rights and the ECtHR;  6: Chapter Five: England; 7: Chapter Six: U.S.;  8: Chapter Seven: France;  9: Chapter Eight: Germany;  10: Chapter Nine: Japan;  11: Chapter Ten: China;  12: Chapter Eleven: Adoption & Human Rights: National Tensions and International Standards;  13: Conclusion.

Biography

Kerry O'Halloran is an academic with extensive adoption experience, due to having worked as both a social worker and a lawyer. He has also served for 11 years on a UK adoption panel, and has contributed quarterly for the past 17 years to the BAAF Adoption & Fostering journal.

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