The Politics of Adoption International Perspectives on Law, Policy and Practice / (2024)

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One Adoption, Society and the Law: the Common Law Context -- Chap 1Adoption: Concept, Principles and Social Construct -- Chap 2The Changing Face of Adoption -- Part Two Developing International Benchmarks for Modern Adoption Law -- Chap 3The Legal Functions of Adoption -- Chap 4 Adoption and the European Court of Human Rights -- Chap 5Inter country Adoption and The Hague Convention -- Part Three Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in a Common Law Context -- Chap 6England and Wales -- Chap 7Ireland -- Chap 8The US -- Chap 9Canada -- Chap 10Australia -- Chap 11New Zealand -- Part Four Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in a European Civil Law Context -- Chap 12Sweden -- Chap 13France -- Chap 14Germany -- Part Five Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in Asia -- Chap 15The Adoption Process in an Islamic Context -- Chap 16Japan -- Chap 17China -- Part Six Contemporary Law, Policy and Practice in an Indigenous Peoples Context -- Chap 18Intra culture Adoption -- Part Seven The Influence of Politics -- Chap 19Politics and a Regulatory Regime for Adoption -- Chap 20Politics and the Contemporary Social Role of Adoption -- Conclusion -- Index.

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 & Wales, and the changes currently taking place there, it considers the process as it has evolved in other countries. It identifies themes of commonality and difference in the experience of adoption in a common law context as compared and contrasted with that of other countries. It looks at adoption in France, Sweden and other civil law countries, as well as Japan and elsewhere in Asia, including a focus on Islamic adoption. It examines the experience of indigenous people in New Zealand and Australia, contrasting the highly regulated legal process of modern western society with the traditional practice of indigenous communities such as the Maori. A new chapter studies adoption in China. The book uses the international Conventions and associated ECtHR case law to benchmark developments in national law, policy and practice and to facilitate a cross-cultural comparative analysis.