Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy | Vol 2 | No. 1
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Volume 2, Number 1 (Spring 1995)
Defining Family: Adoption Law and Policy

Preliminary

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Foreword

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Adoption Rights

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Beyond Biology: The Politics of Adoption & Reproduction

Elizabeth Bartholet

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Adoption and Aspiration: The Uniform Adoption Act, the Deboer-Schmidt Case, and the American Quest for the Ideal Family

Joan Heifetz Hollinger

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A Child’s Right to Protection from Transfer Trauma in a Contested Adoption Case

Suellyn Scarnecchia

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Parental Rights vs. Best Interests of the Child: A False Dichotomy in the Context of Adoption

Annette R. Appell and Bruce A. Boyer

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Controlling Improper Financial Gain in International Adoptions

Kristina Wilken

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Transracial Adoption

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Race Separatism in the Family: More on the Transracial Adoption Debate

Elizabeth Bartholet

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Are You My Mother?: Conceptualizing Children’s Identity Rights in Transracial Adoptions

Barbara Bennett Woodhouse

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Redefining the Transracial Adoption Controversy

Ruth-Arlene W. Howe

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S. 1224—In Support of the Multiethnic Placement Act of 1993

Howard M. Metzenbaum

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Reclaiming Self-Determination: A Call for Intraracial Adoption

Jacinda T. Townsend

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Lesbian & Gay Adoption

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Adoption of Minor Children by Lesbian and Gay Adults: A Social Science Perspective

Charlotte J. Patterson

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Adoption by Lesbian and Gay People: The Use and Mis-Use of Social Science Research

Marc E. Elovitz

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Second Parent Adoption: A Personal Perspective

Deborah Lashman

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Second Parent Adoption: A Model Brief

Suzanne Bryant

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Journal Staff

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Journal Staff