Moving Children through Private International Law: Institutions and the Enactment of Ethics.
This article examines how the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co‐operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention) plays a central role in justifying the institution of legal adoption. The Hague Adoption Convention has often been regarded as a response to t...
| Published in: | Law & Society Review Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 671 - 706 |
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Cambridge University Press
Sep2019
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