Adoption: A good invention?

The act of adoption often sounds caring and altruistic: A parentless child should be given parents. For this reason, many legal systems have chosen to allow adoption. Germany is one of those jurisdictions.

But adoption itself is not self-explanatory and should not be taken for granted. Adoption today takes many forms, and they do not always centre around the child.

My research explores the concerns and challenges that legal systems worldwide seek to address through adoption laws and policies. Furthermore, I aim to explore innovative approaches in family law that can bring children and their caregivers together in a legally recognized family unit, regardless of whether they are related by biology or adoption.

 

Anne Röthel is a director at the Institute.
She studies the meaning and significance of
adoption in the law, among other things.
More on Anne Röthel and her research can be found here.