International Adoption: The Human Rights Position

Global Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-100

  Bartholet, Elizabeth ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 78650431131     PISSN: 17585880     EISSN: 17585899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5899.2009.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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