Elizabeth Bartholet

Harvard Law School

Morris Wasserstein Professor of Law

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Homeschooling: Parent Rights Absolutism vs. Child Rights to Education & Protection

62 Ariz. L. Rev. 1 (2020), Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 19-23
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 07 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2020
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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International Adoption: Thoughts on the Human Rights Issues

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 13, p. 152, 2007, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 07-19
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 02 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2009
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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International Adoption

CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN ADOPTION, ORPHANAGES, AND FOSTER CARE, Lori Askeland, ed., Greenwood Publishing Group Inc., Westport CT, December 2006
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 Aug 2005
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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International, Adoption

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The Racial Disproportionality Movement in Child Welfare: False Facts and Dangerous Directions

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 51, p. 871, 2009, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 09-21
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 07 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2009
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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racial disproportionality, child welfare, race, discrimination, foster care

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Differential Response: A Dangerous Experiment in Child Welfare

42 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 573 (2015), Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 14-31
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 07 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2015
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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Child welfare, Differential Response, Alternative Response, Family Preservation, Child Abuse & Neglect, Child Maltreatment, Child Safety, Child Rights, Child Welfare Research

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The International Adoption Cliff: Do Child Human Rights Matter?

Forthcoming Chapter in a book on international adoption to be published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 12 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2015
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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intercountry adoption, human rights violations, institutionalization of children

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Race and Child Welfare

Chapin Hall Issue Brief, June 2011, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 11-27
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 21 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2011
Elizabeth Bartholet, Fred Wulczyn, Richard P. Barth and Cindy Lederman
Harvard Law School, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, School of Social Work, University of Maryland and 11th Judicial Circuit Court, Juvenile Division, Miami, FL
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foster care, child welfare, racial disproportionality

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International Adoption: The Child's Story

Georgia State University Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2007, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 07-21
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2013
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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The Challenge of Children's Rights Advocacy: Problems and Progress in the Area of Child Abuse and Neglect

Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy, Vol. 3, 2004
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 13 Aug 2005
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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Children's Rights Advocacy, Child Abuse, Child Neglect

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International Adoption: The Human Rights Position

Global Policy, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2015
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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adoption, human rights, children, child welfare

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The Hague Convention: Pros, Cons and Potential

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2019
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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Hague Convention, international adoption, unparented children

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Race & Child Welfare: Disproportionality, Disparity, Discrimination: Re-Assessing the Facts, Re-Thinking the Policy Options

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Jul 2011
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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foster care, child welfare, racial disproportionality

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Whose Children?: A Response to Professor Guggenheim

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 113, p. 1999, June 2000
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Oct 2000
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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Taking Adoption Seriously: Radical Revolution or Modest Revisionism?

Harvard Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 010
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 30 Jun 2000
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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Commentary: Cultural Stereotypes Can and Do Die: It's Time to Move on with Transracial Adoption

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, Vol. 34, pp. 315-320, 2006
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 30 Nov 2006
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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Transracial Adoption, MEPA, Multi-ethnic Placement Act, Adoption

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Creating a Child-Friendly Child Welfare System: The Use and Misuse of Research

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 07 May 2014
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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child welfare, child friendly welfare system

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International Adoption: A Way Forward

New York Law School Law Review, Vol. 55, 2010/2011
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 24 May 2011
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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international adoption, children’s rights, child welfare

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Creating a Child-Friendly Child Welfare System: Effective Early Intervention to Prevent Maltreatment and Protect Victimized Children

60 Buffalo L Rev 1323 (2012)
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2013
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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child welfare, family preservation, racial disproportionality, child maltreatment

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Thoughts on the Liberal Dilemma in Child Welfare Reform

24 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 725 (2016)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 26 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2016
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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Permanency Is Not Enough: Children Need the Nurturing Parents Found in International Adoption

New York Law School Law Review, Vol. 55, 2010/11
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 May 2011
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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child welfare, international adoption

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Ratification by the United States of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Pros and Cons from a Child’s Rights Perspective

The ANNALS of American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 633, p. 17, 2011 , Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 13-08
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 May 2011 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2013
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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children, international adoption, treaties

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Guiding Principles for Picking Parents

Harvard Women's Law Journal, Vol. 27, p. 323, 2004
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Aug 2005
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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Intergenerational Justice for Children: Restructuring Adoption, Reproduction & Child Welfare Policy

Journal of Law & Ethics of Human Rights (2013-14), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Jun 2013
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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justice for children, high risk children, child interests

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Contested Child Protection Policies

The Oxford Handbook of Children and the Law (James G. Dwyer ed., 2019) Available at: DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190694395.013.20., Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 19-27
Posted: 27 May 2019 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2019
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School

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child abuse and neglect, child welfare, adoption, family preservation, substance abuse, racial disproportionality, differential response, expedited termination of parental rights, family drug courts, birth match

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Compton, Rebecca J. Adoption Beyond Borders. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2016, 235 pp. US, $27.95, ISBN 978-0-19-024779-9.

20 Adoption Q. 195 (2017)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 14 Sep 2017
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
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