O'Halloran, K: Politics of Adoption
77 DeutschlandCard Punkte
sammeln
- Lastschrift, Kreditkarte, Paypal, Rechnung
- Kostenlose Rücksendung
- Ratenzahlung möglich
This book analyses the social and legal functions of adoption in selected societies worldwide, and reviews the current global wave of adoption law reform. The author explores trends such as inter-country adoption, and examines similarities and differences in the experience of many nations. The book also provides a window for testing the presumption that within and between cultures there exists a common understanding of what is meant by adoption.
Part One: Adoption, Society and the Law: the Common Law Context
1. Adoption: Concept, Principles and Social Construct
2. The Changing Face of Adoption in the United Kingdom.
Part Two: Developing International Benchmarks for Modern Adoption Law
3. The Legal Functions of Adoption
4. Adoption, the Conventions and the Impact of the European Court of Human Rights
5. Intercountry Adoption and the Hague Convention.
Part Three: Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in a Common Law Context
6. The Adoption Process in England & Wales
7. The Adoption Process in Ireland
8. The Adoption Process in the US
9. The Adoption Process in Australia.
Part Four: Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in a European Civil Law Context
10. The Adoption Process in Sweden
11. The Adoption Process in France.
Part Five: Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in Asia. Chap 12. The Adoption Process in Islam
13. The Adoption Process in Japan.
Part Six: Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in an Indigenous Peoples Context
14. Intraculture Adoption. Conclusions
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.
- Autor: Kerry O'Halloran
- 2009, 2nd ed., XXII, 495 Seiten, Maße: 16,4 x 24,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- ISBN-10: 1402091516
- ISBN-13: 9781402091513
"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)
| Zustand | Preis | Porto | Zahlung | Verkäufer | Rating |
|---|
Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar zu "O'Halloran, K: Politics of Adoption".
Kommentar verfassen