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Author Chambers, Lori, 1965- author.

Title A legal history of adoption in Ontario, 1921-2015 / Lori Chambers
Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (x, 239 pages)
Series Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
Contents The origins of adoption legislation -- Mothers and the meaning of consent in adoption -- Putative fathers and newborn adoption -- Child apprehension -- Secrecy and disclosure in adoption -- Open adoption -- Step-parent adoption -- Same-sex parents, assisted reproduction, and adoption -- Indigenous children and adoption -- International adoption
Summary Lori Chambers' fascinating study explores the legal history of adoption in Ontario since the passage of the first statute in 1921
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Adoption -- Law and legislation -- Ontario -- History
Adoption -- Ontario -- History
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
Adoption
Adoption -- Law and legislation
Ontario
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, issuing body.
ISBN 9781487512262
1487512260