"Emerged from a group of papers and commentaries presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy in September of 1999, held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Atlanta, Georgia"--Pref.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
00 t Toward new understandings of adoption / r Mary Lyndon Shanley -- t Placing the adoptive self / r Carol Sanger -- t Child welfare system's racial harm / r Dorothy E. Roberts -- t Is complaint a moral argument? / r Lawrence M. Mead / t Comments on Dorothy Roberts's "The child welfare system's racial harm" / r Eva Feder Kittay -- t Legal fictions and family romances / r Morris B. Kaplan -- t Parents, government, and children / r William A. Galston -- t Taking children's interests seriously / r Martha L.A. Fineman -- t Proper scope of parental authority / r Shelley Burtt -- t Children's rights in gay and lesbian families / r Barbara Bennett Woodhouse -- t Relationship rights for a queer society / r Valerie Lehr -- t Children of a lesser state / r Ayelet Shachar -- t Moral equality and birthright citizenship / r Michael Blake.