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| Introduction |
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1 | (13) |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (4) |
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1.2.1 The Best Interests Principle |
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3 | (1) |
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1.2.2 Comparative Case Studies |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (3) |
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10 | (4) |
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1 The Best Interests Principle: Theoretical Understanding |
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14 | (44) |
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14 | (3) |
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1.2 Foundational Development of the UNCRC |
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17 | (4) |
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1.3 Widespread Acceptance |
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21 | (3) |
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1.4 Criticisms of the Best Interests Principle |
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24 | (13) |
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24 | (5) |
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1.4.2 `Smokescreen' Argument |
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29 | (3) |
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1.4.3 Paternalism and Rights-Based Determinations |
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32 | (5) |
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1.5 A Conceptual Framework for the Best Interests Principle |
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37 | (1) |
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1.6 Domestic Application of the Best Interests Principle |
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38 | (18) |
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1.6.1 England and Wales: The Welfare Principle |
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38 | (6) |
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1.6.2 Ireland: The Best Interests Principle |
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44 | (4) |
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1.6.3 South Africa: The Best Interests Principle |
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48 | (8) |
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56 | (2) |
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2 The Best Interests of the Child: Sociological and Psychological Research |
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58 | (20) |
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58 | (3) |
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2.2 Applying Social Science Research in Child Law |
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61 | (2) |
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2.3 Are Married Opposite-Sex Parents the `Ideal'? |
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63 | (5) |
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2.4 Outcomes for Children Raised by Gay and Lesbian Parents |
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68 | (8) |
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76 | (2) |
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3 Parental Responsibility |
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78 | (36) |
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78 | (1) |
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3.2 What Is Parental Responsibility? |
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79 | (9) |
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3.2.1 Language and Terminology |
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79 | (3) |
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3.2.2 Parental Responsibility in England and Wales |
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82 | (2) |
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3.2.3 Guardianship in Ireland |
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3.2.4 Parental Responsibilities and Rights in South Africa |
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85 | (2) |
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3.2.5 Reflections on Terminology and Definitions |
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87 | (1) |
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3.3 The Exercise of Parental Responsibility |
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88 | (9) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (5) |
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95 | (2) |
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3.4 Extending Parental Responsibility for Status and Security |
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97 | (15) |
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3.4.1 Known Fathers and Parental Responsibility |
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99 | (5) |
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3.4.2 Social Parents and Parental Responsibility |
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104 | (8) |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (33) |
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114 | (1) |
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4.2 Adoption as a Means of Securing Existing Family Relationships |
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115 | (6) |
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4.2.1 The Appropriateness of Second-Parent Adoption |
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116 | (3) |
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4.2.2 The Appropriateness of Second-Parent Adoption in the Context of Intercountry Adoptions |
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119 | (2) |
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122 | (5) |
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127 | (4) |
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131 | (5) |
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4.3.4 Summary of Comparative Jurisdictions |
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136 | (1) |
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4.4 Approach of the ECtHR |
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136 | (9) |
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4.4.1 Adoption and Marriage |
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137 | (2) |
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4.4.2 Gas and Dubois v. France |
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139 | (4) |
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4.4.3 X and Others v. Austria |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (45) |
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147 | (2) |
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5.2 The Legal Framework for Donor Conception in England and Wales, Ireland and South Africa |
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5.2.1 England and Wales: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Acts 1990 and 2008 |
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149 | (3) |
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5.2.2 Ireland: Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 |
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152 | (11) |
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5.2.3 South Africa: Children's Act 2005 |
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163 | (3) |
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5.3 Donor Conception and the Best Interests of the Child |
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166 | (19) |
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5.3.1 The Child's Right to Identity |
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166 | (2) |
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5.3.2 Safeguarding the Right to Identity |
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168 | (13) |
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5.3.3 Identity and the `Fatherless' Child |
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181 | (4) |
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5.4 Should Non-clinical Procedures Be Subject to Different Rules of Parentage than Clinical Procedures? |
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185 | (5) |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (49) |
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192 | (1) |
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6.2 The Regulation of Surrogacy |
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193 | (11) |
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6.2.1 `[ A] Surrogacy Agreement Is Degrading to the Child Who Is to Be the Outcome of It' |
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196 | (3) |
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6.2.2 The `Motherless Child' |
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199 | (5) |
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6.3 The European Convention on Human Rights |
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204 | (6) |
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6.4 Surrogacy in England and Wales |
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210 | (8) |
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6.4.1 The Delayed Model of Parentage |
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214 | (4) |
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218 | (6) |
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6.6 Surrogacy in South Africa |
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224 | (3) |
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6.7 Pre-conception Allocation of Parentage |
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227 | (5) |
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6.8 International Surrogacy |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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7.2 The Way Forward: Implications of the Best Interests Principle |
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236 | (3) |
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239 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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