Introduction ~ Tarja Pösö, Marit Skivenes and June Thoburn;
Part I;
Adoption of children from state care in Austria ~ Jenny Krutzinna and Katrin Križ;
Adoptions from care in England; context legislation and debates ~ June Thoburn;
Adoption from care in Estonia: Legal regulation, policy and practice ~ Katre Luhamaa and Judit Strömpl;
Adoption from care: currently an uncommon alternative to foster care in Finland ~ Pia Eriksson and Tarja Pösö;
Adoptions from care in Germany ~ Thomas Meysen and Ina Bovenschen;
Adoptions of children from state care in Ireland ~ Kenneth Burns and Simone McCaughren;
Adoptions from care in Norway ~ Hege Helland & Marit Skivenes;
Adoptions of children from state care in Spain ~ Sagrario Segado and Ana Cristina Gomez Aparicio;
Adoption policy and practice in the U.S. ~ Jill Duerr Berrick;
Part II;
International human rights as a guiding legislative framework for adoptions from care ~ Katre Luhamaa and Connor O’Mahony;
Creating “family” in adoptions from care ~ Jenny Krutzinna;
Attachment – An Analysis of Judgements on Involuntary Adoptions in the Norwegian Judicial System ~ Hege Stein Helland, Marit Skivenes and Sveinung Nygård;
Contact after Adoption ~ Thomas Meysen and Ina Bovenschen;
Conclusion ~ Tarja Pösö, Marit Skivenes and June Thoburn