Download This PaperAdoption and the European Court of Human Rights: From Laissez-Faire to Judicial Law-Making
in Panella, L. and Spatafora, E. (eds.), "Scritti in Onore di Claudio Zanghì", Milan: Giuffrè Editore, pp. 255-282, 2011
27 Pages Posted: 1 Dec 2015
Date Written: 2011
Abstract
Synopsis: 1. The absence of a right to adopt under the European Convention on Human Rights. 2. Eligibility to adopt, civil status and sexual orientation. 3. Rights of the natural parents with regards to adoption proceedings. 4. Dispensing with parental consent to further the best interests of the child. 5. The (almost) equal standing of biological and adoptive families under Article 8. 6. Recognition of foreign adoptions. 7. Conclusions: the demise of the margin of appreciation doctrine?
Keywords: adoption; European Convention on Human Rights; interpretation; margin of appreciation; sexual orientation; judicial law-making
JEL Classification: K00
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