Families Under Construction: Parentage, Adoption, and Assisted Reproduction

Edition : 2nd ed., 2021
Author(s) : Appleton

Families Under Construction: Parentage, Adoption, and Assisted Reproduction
- ISBN: 9781543820522
- SKU: 99715
- Condition: New
- Format: Paperback
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Description

This book is designed for law school seminars and courses, including first-year electives, as well as advanced undergraduate courses in legal studies or other departments. Families Under Construction: Parentage, Adoption, and Assisted Reproduction, Second Edition, provides an in-depth exploration of the fascinating and controversial issues emerging out of biotechnology and society's changing understanding of family identity. The authors combine solid treatment of the law and carefully crafted additional content to provoke inquiry and fuel class discussion, using a multidisciplinary presentation of legal authorities, policy perspectives, critical analysis, and cultural contexts. Coverage includes the impact of marriage equality, increasing departures from traditional family arrangements, and modern approaches to adoption, as well as infertility treatments, collaborative reproductive arrangements, and reproductive tourism.

New to the Second Edition:

A new Part I on parentage, parental responsibilities, and parental authority, tracing the evolution from traditional doctrine to contemporary approaches and emphasizing the policy of keeping dependency private
The addition of principal cases on wrongful adoption, challenges to sealed adoption records, and intercountry adoption
Restructured chapters on assisted reproduction reflecting consequential changes in the legal landscape