| A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921-2015 Contributor(s): Chambers, Lori (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1487501013 ISBN-13: 9781487501013 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $74.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - Law | Legal History - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 346.713 |
| LCCN: 2016479989 |
| Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lori Chamber's fascinating study explores the legal history of adoption in Ontario since the passage of the first statute in 1921. This volume explores a wide range of themes and issues in the history of adoption including: the reasons for the creation of statutory adoption, the increasing voice of unmarried fathers in newborn adoption, the reasons for movement away from secrecy in adoption, the evolution of step-parent adoption, the adoption of Indigenous children, and the growth of international adoption. Unlike other works on adoption, this book focuses explicitly on statutes, statutory debates, and the interpretation of statutes in court. In doing so, she concludes that adoption is an inadequate response to child welfare and on its own cannot solve problems regarding child neglect and abuse. Rather, Chambers argues that in order to reform the area of adoption we must first acknowledge that it is built upon social inequalities within and between nations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chambers, Lori: - Lori Chambers is a professor in the Department of Women's Studies at Lakehead University. |