The second volume of the Modern Comparative Legal Trends series, entitled Best Practices in the Regulation of Adoption in a Comparative Legal Context, has been published. The aim of the book is to examine the regulation of adoption in a comparative legal context, including and highlighting best international practices.
This publication presents international regulations and judicial practice in the field of adoption, as well as the national solutions of eight Central and Eastern European countries (Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Ukraine) in addition to Hungarian regulations.
The regulation of adoption and the elaboration of the most effective procedural rules of adoption that consider the best interests of the child have always been the subject of debates during the development of law. In modern legal systems, the best interests of the child, the rights of biological parents, adoptive parents, and secrecy and transparency are typically at the focus of the regulation, and the legislator must find the appropriate balance along the harmonising of these interests. The aim of this book is to examine the regulation of adoption in a comparative legal context, including the best international practices. The importance of the relevant national regulations is also increased by the fact that there is no uniform European Union regulation in this area. In this way, the book creates a scientific basis from which Hungarian legislation and legal practice can also draw. The volume can contribute not only from a legal and technical point of view, but also from a socio-political and child protection point of view to the fact that the institution of adoption really serves the best interests of the child.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47079/2025.zswan.adoption.1
The manuscript has been closed in August 2025
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OOK-Press Nyomda Kft., Veszprém