Parenthood in modern society : legal and social issues for the twenty-first century /
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; Boston : M. Nijhoff, 1993. |
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| Description: | xii, 619 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1437510 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Concepts of Parenthood. 1. Cultural Dimensions of Kinship / Norbert Rouland. 2. The Rights of Fathers: Social and Biological Concepts of Parenthood / Ruth Deech. 3. Biological and Social Parenthood in African Perspective: the Movement of Children in Swazi Family Law / Ronald Thandabantu Nhlapo. 4. Are Parents Morally Obliged to Care for their Children? / John Eekelaar
- Pt. 2. Regulating the Acquisition of Parenthood. 5. Parenthood and Science / Anders Eriksson and Ake Saldeen. 6. The Reform of Affiliation Law in France and the Benelux Countries / Patrick Senaeve. 7. Establishing and Contesting Parentage: the Approach of Greek Law in Comparative Perspective / Ioannis Deliyannis. 8. Legal Issues regarding Children of Assisted Conception in Korea / Has Sook Kim. 9. Becoming a Parent in English Law / Gillian Douglas and Nigel Lowe. 10. Law Reform and Human Reproduction in New Zealand: Implications for Parent and Child / Mark Henaghan. 11. Family Planning as a Human Rights Issue / Maja Eriksson. 12. Human Rights and Artificial Procreation by Donor / Cyril Hegnauer. 13. The Right to a Child versus the Rights of a Child / Linda Nielsen. 14. Surrogate Motherhood / Martha A. Field. 15. Adoption and the Abandonment of Children in the former Soviet Union / Olga A. Dyuzheva. 16. Adoptees searching for their Origins: a new Development seen from an International Standpoint / Ingrid Baer. 17. Ensuring the Rights of Children in Inter-Country Adoption: Australian Attitudes to Access to Adoption Information / Stephanie Charlesworth. 18. Inter-Country Adoption: the Indian View / Nirmala Pandit
- Pt. 3. Parental Relationships and Changing Family Structures. 19. Marriage, Parenthood and the Law / Kathleen Funder. 20. Lone-Parent Families in Japan / Satoshi Minamikata. 21. Children and Parents and Divorce / Martin Richards. 22. The Protection of the Child against the Negative Effects of Parental Conflict / Wanda Stojanowska. 23. Toward a Restructuring of Custody Decision-making at Divorce: an Alternative Approach to the Best Interests of the Child / Marygold S. Melli. 24. Fatherhood and Motherhood: the Legal Balance in Hungarian Family Law / Emilia Weiss. 25. International Child Abduction Cases: Experience under the 1980 Hague Convention / Carol S. Bruch. 26. The Evolving Rights and Duties of Step-Parents: Making New Rules for New Families / Lynn D. Wardle. 27. The Legal Status of Step-Families in Continental European Countries / Jehanne Sosson. 28. Step-Parenthood and Biological Parenthood / Anders Agell
- Pt. 4. Parents, Children and the State. 29. The Constitutional Protection of Parental Rights: A Discussion of the Advantages and Disadvantages of According Fundamental Status to Parental Rights and Duties / William Duncan. 30. Children, Parents and the European Human Rights Convention / Lucy Smith. 31. The Rights of Parents and Children in The Netherlands: Seeking a New Balance / Paul Vlaardingerbroek. 32. Child Protection Law and Fundamental Values: Mentally Retarded Parents / Kirsten Sandberg. 33. Legal Intervention in Parent-Child Conflicts: the Emergence of No-Fault 'Divorce' in Child Welfare Law / Patrick Parkinson. 34. Growing up in Britain: Adolescence in the Post-Gillick Era / Andrew Bainham. 35. The Interaction of the Roles of Parents and Case Workers in the Lives of Mentally Retarded Children and Young People / Inger Pedersen. 36. The Australian Child Support Scheme: Practicalities / Margaret Harrison. 37. Family Law, Rights and Utility / Stephen Parker. 38. Children's Rights and Social Placement: A Crossnational Comparison of Legal and Social Policy towards Children in One-Parent Families / Wolfgang Voegeli and Barbara Willenbacher
- Pt. 5. Parenthood in Cultural Diversity. 39. Native Children and the Child Welfare System in Canada / Christine Davies. 40. Custody Disputes involving Tribal Indians in the United States: A Case Study of the Problems inherent in Custody Adjudications Involving Non-Isolated, Semi-Autonomous Population Subgroups / David S. Rosettenstein.