A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921-2015

Herausgeber: Chambers, Lori

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lori Chambers’ fascinating study explores the legal history of adoption in Ontario since the passage of the first statute in 1921.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781487501013
• ISBN-10: 1487501013
• Artikelnr.: 45058725

Autorenporträt

By Lori Chambers

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One: "Such a Program of Legislation": Illegitimacy and Law Reform
Chapter Two: "Doubtful of her Veracity": Procedures and Judgment under the
Children of Unmarried Parents Act
Chapter Three: "I did not bring this child into the world BY MYSELF":
Stories of Pregnancy
Chapter Four: "Best for Our Babies": The Adoption Mandate
Chapter Five: "Haunted by Bills": Lone Motherhood and Poverty
Chapter Six: "Known as MRS. S": Cohabitation and the Children of Unmarried
Parents Act
Conclusions
Bibliography