UID:
almafu_9958353100802883
Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442684577
Serie:
Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Inhalt:
Misconceptions argues that child welfare measures which simultaneously seek to rescue children and punish errant women will not, and cannot, succeed in alleviating child or maternal poverty.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Foreword: The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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1. ‘Such a Program of Legislation’: Illegitimacy and Law Reform --
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2. ‘Doubtful of Her Veracity’: Procedures and Judgment under the Children of Unmarried Parents Act --
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3. ‘I Did not Bring This Child into the World BY MYSELF’: Stories of Unwed Pregnancy --
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4. ‘Best for Our Babies’: The Adoption Mandate --
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5. ‘Haunted by Bills’: Lone Motherhood and Poverty --
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6. ‘Known as MRS S’: Cohabitation and the Children of Unmarried Parents Act --
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Conclusions --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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Backmatter
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.3138/9781442684577
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442684577
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442684577
