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The Costs Of Legal Change, Michael P. Van Alstine
The Costs Of Legal Change, Michael P. Van Alstine
Michael P. Van Alstine
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Finding Home In The World: A Deontological Theory Of The Right To Be Adopted, Paulo Barrozo
Finding Home In The World: A Deontological Theory Of The Right To Be Adopted, Paulo Barrozo
Paulo Barrozo
Because of the continued dominance of consequentialist views, the deontological paradigm that emerges in the form of a human rights approach to adoption faces two major and partially connected obstacles. First, and despite the fact that the human rights approach has found compelling advocates, its jurisprudential basis has yet to be fully articulated. And in part because of insufficient theorization, the emerging deontological adoption is constantly at risk of being rhetorically and practically subsumed or engulfed by the resilient consequentialist-cum-charity paradigm. This article addresses these two obstacles, laying out the foundations of a deontological theory of adoption.After the Introduction, Part …