A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921-2015
- 2016
2016. Chambers, Lori. A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921-2015. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [2016]. x, 239 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $35. * 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.