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This book continues the themes addressed by its two predecessors in this mini-series by examining the role of the principle of the welfare interests of the child in the law of the U.S. and Canada.
List of contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I
Background
Chap 1 Concepts, Constructs & Cultural Context
Part II
United States of AmericaChap 2 Policy, principles, legislation and courts
Chap 3 The welfare principle in contemporary practice: public family law; civil
and criminal jurisdictions
Chap 4 The welfare principle in contemporary practice: private family law and
hybrid proceedings
Part III
Canada
Chap 5 Policy, principles, legislation and courts
Chap 6
The welfare principle in contemporary practice: public family law; civil
and criminal jurisdictions
Chap 7 The welfare principle in contemporary practice: private family law and
hybrid proceedings
Part IV
The Indigenous Children of North America
Chap 8 Americans/Indians and the First Nations/Inuit
Part V
Themes of Commonality and Difference
Chap 9 Themes and a comparative jurisdictional analysis
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index
About the author
Kerry O'Halloran - a professionally qualified lawyer, social worker and academic - has recently retired from 13 years as an adjunct professor at the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT, Brisbane. In Northern Ireland, he served on the Social Care Tribunal and on an HSS Trust adoption panel, has advised the Irish government on law reform matters, and has served in a consultancy capacity on government bodies such as Courts Services (Northern Ireland) and to the Open University in England. Previously employed as Assistant Director (Research) at the Centre for Voluntary Action, University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, his 30 books and many other publications include
Conscientious Objection (Springer, 2022),
The Politics of Adoption, 4th ed. (Springer, 2021),
Adoption Law and Human Rights: International Perspectives (Routledge, 2018),
Religion, Charity and Human Rights (CUP, 2014) and
Child Care and Protection: The Law & Practice in Northern Ireland (Thomson Reuters, 2003).
Summary
This book continues the themes addressed by its two predecessors in this mini-series by examining the role of the principle of the welfare interests of the child in the law of the U.S. and Canada.
