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  • List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entries: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Listing of entries to the Encyclopedia by Author: Benjamin Aaron Professor of Law, Emeritus University of California, Los Angeles LABOR AND THE ANTITRUST LAWS Henry J.…

  • List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Articles and Contributors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entry: the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. List of Authors by Entry (A-Z): ADEQUATE STATE GROUNDS Kenneth L. Karst ADKINS V. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Leonard W. Levy ADLER V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF NEW YORK Martin Shapiro ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES Joseph Vining…

  • Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Related entries about this Encyclopedia: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Bibliographic Details Title: Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Editors: Leonard W. Levy, Dennis J. Mahoney and Kenneth L. Karst Publisher: Cengage Gale, United States Publication Dates: 1986, 1992…

  • Telling Adopted Children About Their Adoption

    Telling Adopted Children About Their AdoptionAdoptive parents must decide if and when to tell their children about their adoption. In the past, parents often kept information related to the adoption from the child until he or she became an adult. Some parents never told their adopted childr…

  • Transracial Adoptions

    Transracial AdoptionsAdditional issues arise when adopted children come from a different culture than their adoptive parents. Adoptions in which the adoptive parents and their adopted child are of different races, known as transracial adoptions, pose special difficulties. When children belo…

  • Open And Closed Adoptions

    Open and Closed AdoptionsAdoptions may be open or closed. An open adoption involves some exchange of personal information. At the very least, one party will furnish information relevant to the child's future well-being, such as medical history or financial status. In some cases, the bio…

  • Psychological Stress And Adoption Support Groups

    Psychological Stress and Adoption Support GroupsPeople who find that they cannot give birth to children often grieve for the biological children they might have had. Once the grieving process is over, many people who desire to become parents seek to adopt. The adoption process itself can be…

  • Adoption Contents

    Types of AdoptionsAdoptions by Relatives or StepparentsAgency and Private-Placement AdoptionsAdoptions: Intermediaries and Materially Assisting PersonsOpen and Closed AdoptionsSocial and Psychological Issues Related to Adoption Psychological Stress and Adoption Suppo…

  • Adoptions By Relatives Or Stepparents

    Adoptions by Relatives or StepparentsAdoptions by relatives, such as aunts, uncles, brothers, or sisters are generally easier to arrange than adoptions by people who are not biologically related to the child. Many children already live with the relatives who seek to adopt them. Social servi…

  • Adoptions: Intermediaries And Materially Assisting Persons

    Adoptions: Intermediaries and Materially Assisting PersonsAn intermediary is generally a person who helps people wishing to adopt by locating parents who wish to make an adoption plan for their child. Some states prohibit the use of intermediaries, whether paid or unpaid. Other states do no…

  • Agency And Private-Placement Adoptions

    Agency and Private-Placement AdoptionsAdoptions by people who are not related to the child are more complicated. In the United States, people may seek to adopt through an agency or arrange an independent, or private-placement, adoption. In an agency adoption, the people who wish to adopt a …

  • Adoption And Foster Care

    Adoption and Foster CareAdoption differs from foster care, a situation in which a child is temporarily placed with a foster family. An adopted child becomes a permanent member of the adoptive family, with all the rights and privileges of a biological child, including the right of inheritanc…

  • Adoption Legal Issues

    Adoption Legal IssuesOnce an adoption has been arranged, the court verifies that the rights of the biological parents were not violated and that their decision to offer the child up for adoption was voluntary. The court can invalidate an adoption if fraud, duress, or undue influence was exe…

  • Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Introduction The Encyclopedia of the American Constitution is a six volume set treatise available both in print and online. It provides encyclopedic-type essays on many constitutional law topics written by leading constitutional law scholars, judges, and historians. It covers all aspects of the Constitution, including a chronology of the birth…

  • Parliamentary Committee

    Parliamentary Law Committee WorkIntroduction to Parliamentary CommitteeThe work of deliberative bodies is usually prepared by means of committees. These may be standing committees appointed for a definite time; select committees appointed for a special purpose; or committees of the…