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REPORTS

New Zealand

Department of Justice Adoption Act 1955: A Review by an Interdepartmental Working Party: Proposals for Discussion (Wellington, 1987)

Department of Justice New Birth Technologies: An Issues Paper on AID, IVF, and Surrogate Motherhood (Wellington, 1985)

Department of Social Welfare Review of Adoption Law: Adoption by Mäori, A Consultation Document (Social Policy Agency, Department of Social Welfare, Wellington, 1993)

Law Commission Justice: The Experiences of Mäori Women Te Tikanga o te Ture: Te Mätauranga o ngä Wähine Mäori o pa ana ki tënei (NZLC R53, Wellington, 1999)

Law Commission Legislation Manual: Structure and Style (NZLC R35, Wellington, 1996)

Law Commission Succession Law: A Succession (Adjustment) Act (NZLC R39, Wellington, 1997)

New Zealand Adoption Practices Review Committee Report to the Minister of Social Welfare (Wellington, 1990)

Webb P A Review of the Law on Adoption (Department of Justice, Wellington, 1979)

Australia

New South Wales Law Reform Commission Review of the Adoption Information Act 1990 (NSWLRC R69, Sydney, 1992)

New South Wales Law Reform Commission Review of the Adoption of Children Act 1965 (NSW) (NSWLRC Issues Paper 9, Sydney, 1993)

New South Wales Law Reform Commission Review of the Adoption of Children Act 1965 (NSW) (NSWLRC DP34, Sydney, 1994)

New South Wales Law Reform Commission Review of the Adoption of Children Act 1965 (NSW) (NSWLRC R81, Sydney, 1997)

New South Wales Law Reform Commission The Aboriginal Child Placement Principle (NSWLRC Research Report 7, Sydney, 1997)

New South Wales Law Reform Commission Surrogate Motherhood (NSWLRC DP18, Sydney, 1988)

Victorian Adoption Legislation Committee Report of the Adoption Legislation Review Committee (Department of Community Welfare Services, Melbourne, 1983)

Western Australia Law Reform Committee Succession Rights of Adopted Children Report (Project No 24, 1971)

England

M Brazier, A Campbell and S Golombok Surrogacy: Review for Health Ministers of Current Arrangements for Payments and Regulation – Report of the Review Team (October 1998)

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Scotland

Law Commission (Scotland) The Law of Incest in Scotland (Scot Law Com 69, Edinburgh, 1981)

TEXTS

J Bowlby Attachment and Loss: Volume 2. Separation: Anxiety and Anger (Penguin Books, London, originally published 1973, Reprint 1991)

WW Buckland A Manual of Roman Private Law (2nd ed, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1953)

C Burr A Separate Creation: How Biology Makes Us Gay (Bantam Books, London, 1997)

I Campbell A Compendium of Roman Law (Stevens & Haynes, London, 1892)

ID Campbell Law of Adoption in New Zealand (2nd ed, Butterworth & Co Ltd, Wellington, 1957)

Chisholm J “The Directions of Legislative Reform in Adoption” in Post Adoption Resource Centre (ed) Has Adoption a Future? Proceedings of the Fifth Australian Adoption Conference (NSW, 1995) 408

L Collins (ed) Dicey & Morris The Conflict of Laws (12th ed, Stevens and Sons Ltd, London, 1992)

S Coney and A Else (eds) Protecting Our Future: The Case for Greater Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology (Women’s Health Action Trust, Auckland, 1999)

G Coppenrath La Délégation d’Autorité parentale: prélude à l’adoption en Polynésie Française (2 ed Haere po no Tahiti 1990)

S Cretney Principles of Family Law (4th ed, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1984)

B Dalley Family Matters: Child Welfare in Twentieth-Century New Zealand (Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1998)

A Dickey Family Law (3rd ed, Law Book Company, Sydney, 1997)

I Eagles, M Taggart and G Liddell Freedom of Information (Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1992)

A Else A Question of Adoption (Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 1991)

K Griffith New Zealand Adoption: History and Practice (Wellington, 1998)

M Henaghan and W Atkin (eds) Family Law Policy in New Zealand (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1992)

E Hibbs (ed) Adoption: International Perspectives (International Universities Press, Connecticut, 1991)

M Iwanek “Open Adoption: An Evolving Practice”, in Post Adoption Resource Centre Has Adoption a Future (Proceedings of the Fifth Australian Adoption Conference, Post Adoption Resource Centre, Sydney, 1994)

S Kitzinger The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1996)

NV Lowe “The Gift/Donation Model versus the Contract/Services Model – The Changing Face of Adoption in England and Wales” in J Eekelaar and T Nhlapo (eds) The Changing Family (Hart Publishers, Oxford, 1998) 581

GN Marsh (ed) Modern Obstetrics in General Practice (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1985)

J Metge New Growth from Old (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1995)

A Mullender (ed) Open Adoption: the philosophy and the practice (British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering, London, 1991)

PM North and JJ Fawcett Cheshire and North’s Private International Law (ed, Butterworths, London, 1992) 765–766

JB Prichard The Ancient Near East (Oxford University Press, London, 1958)

S Pullon The New Zealand Pregnancy Book (Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 1996)

J Rockel and M Ryburn Adoption Today: Change and Choice in New Zealand (Heinemann Reed, Auckland, 1988)

M Ryburn Open Adoption: Research, Theory and Practice (Avebury, Sydney, 1994)

M Ryburn “Openness and adoptive parents” in A Mullender (ed) Open Adoption: the philosophy and the practice (British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering, London, 1991)

C Smart “Law and the Problem of Paternity” in Stanworth, M (ed) Reproductive Technologies: Gender, Motherhood and Medicine (Polity Press, Cambridge, 1987)

M Stanworth (ed) Reproductive Technologies: Gender, Motherhood and Medicine (Polity Press, Cambridge, 1987)

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F Tasker and S Golombok Growing Up in a Lesbian Family: Effects on Child Development (The Guilford Press, New York, 1997)

P Trapski (ed) Trapski’s Family Law (Brookers, Wellington, 1999)

J Triseliotis “Identity and Genealogy in Adopted People” in E Hibbs (ed) Adoption: International Perspectives (International Universities Press, Connecticut, 1991)

J Triseliotis In Search of Origins: The Experiences of Adopted People (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1973)

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D Webb et al Family Law Service (Butterworths, Wellington, 1999)

R Winkler and M van Keppel Relinquishing Mothers in Adoption: Their Long-term Adjustment (Institute of Family Studies Monograph No 3, Melbourne, 1984)

J Zipper and S Sevenhuijsen “Surrogacy: Feminist Notions of Motherhood Reconsidered” in M Stanworth (ed) Reproductive Technologies: Gender, Motherhood and Medicine (Polity Press, Cambridge, 1987)

ARTICLES AND PAPERS

F Acheson “Adoption Amongst the Mäoris of New Zealand” (1922) 4 Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law (3rd) 60

S Ali “Homosexual Parenting: Child Custody and Adoption” (1989) 22 University of California Davis Law Review 1009

MG Areias, R Kumar, H Barros and E Figueiredo “Comparative Incidence of Depression in Women and Men, During Pregnancy and after Childbirth” (1996) British Journal of Psychology 169

W Atkin “Open Adoption and the Law” (1996) 2 BFLJ 44

B Atwell “Surrogacy and Adoption: A Case of Incompatibility” (1988) 20 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 1

BA Atwood “Identity and Assimilation: Changing Definitions of Tribal Power Over Children” (1999) 83 Minnesota Law Review 927

J Bailey, D Bobrow, M Wolfe and S Mikach “Sexual Orientation of Adult Sons of Gay Fathers” (1995) 31 Developmental Psychology 124

A Bainham “Gay Survivors and Lesbian Parents: Sexual Orientation in Family Law” [1998] CLJ 42

KT Bartlett “Rethinking Parenthood as an Exclusive Status: The Need for Legal Alternatives when the Premise of the Nuclear Family has Failed” (1984) 70 Virginia Law Review 879

F Bates “Child Custody and the Homosexual Parent: Some Further Developments in Australia and the United States” (1992) 2 Australian Gay and Lesbian Law Journal 1

E Blyth “I wanted to be interesting. I wanted to be able to say ‘I’ve done something interesting with my life’: Interviews with Surrogate Mothers in Britain” (1994) 12 Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 189

E Blyth “‘Not a Primrose Path’: Commissioning Parents’ Experiences of Surrogacy Arrangements in Britain” (1995) 13 Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 185

SB Boyd “What is a ‘Normal’ Family? C v C (A Minor) (Custody: Appeal)” (1992) 55 MLR 269

J Caldwell “Adoption: Keeping the Options Open” (1994) 1 BFLJ 86

N Collins “Adoption” (1966) 2(2) NZ Social Worker, 71

L Cook “Open Adoption: Can Visitation with Natural Family Members Be in the Child’s Best Interests?” (1991–92) 30 Journal of Family Law 471

J Couchman “Intercountry Adoption in New Zealand – A Child Rights Perspective” (1997) 27 VUWLR 421

K Daniels and K Hargreaves “The Policy and Ethics of Surrogacy in New Zealand: Who is Left Holding the Baby?” (1997) 6(2) Otago Bioethics Report 1

SY Ely “Natural Parents’ Right to Withdraw Consent to Adoption: How Far Should the Right Extend?” (1992–93) 31 University of Louisville Journal of Family Law 685

D Fergusson and LJ Horwood “Adoption and Adjustment in Adolescence” (1998) 2 Adoption and Fostering 24

D Fergusson, M Lynskey and LJ Horwood “The Adolescent Outcomes of Adoption: A 16-Year Longitudinal Study” (1995) 36 Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 597

S Fischer and I Gillman “Surrogate Motherhood: Attachment, Attitudes and Social Support” (1991) 54 Psychiatry 13

M Freeman “Does Surrogacy Have a Future After Brazier?” (1999) 7 Medical Law Review 1

AW French “When Blood Isn’t Thicker than Water: The Inheritance Rights of Adopted-Out Children in New York” (1988) 53 Brooklyn Law Review 1007

M Garrison “Why Terminate Parental Rights?”(1983) 35 Stanford Law Review 423

M Gold, E Perrin, D Futterman and S Friedman “Children of Gay or Lesbian Parents” (1994) 15 Pediatrics in Review 354

S Golombok, A Spencer and M Rutter “Children in Lesbian and Single-Parent Households: Psychosexual and Psychiatric Appraisal” (1983) 24 Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 551

S Golombok and F Tasker “Do Parents Influence the Sexual Orientation of Their Children? Findings From a Longitudinal Study of Lesbian Families” (1996) 32 Developmental Psychology 3

S Golombok, F Tasker and C Murray “Children Raised in Fatherless Families from Infancy: Family Relationships and the Socioemotional Development of Children of Lesbian and Single Heterosexual Mothers” (1997) 38 Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 783

R Green, J Mandel, J Grey and L Smith “Lesbian Mothers and Their Children: A Comparison with Solo-Parent Heterosexual Mothers and Their Children” (1986) 15 Archives of Sexual Behaviour 167

WL Gross “Judging the Best Interests of the Child: Child Custody and the Homosexual Parent” (1985) 1 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 505

D Hamer, S Hu, V Magnuson, N Hu and A Pattatucci “A Linkage Between DNA Markers on the X Chromosome and Male Sexual Orientation” (1993) 261 Science 321

C Hapgood, GS Elkind and JJ Wright “Maternity Blues and Post Partum Depression” (1988) 22 Australia and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 299

A Hendra “Stepfamilies: a fresh approach” (1993) 1 BFLJ 26

M Hibbs “Surrogacy Legislation – Time for Change?” [1997] Fam Law 564

JH Hollinger “Beyond the Best Interests of the Tribe: The Indian Child Welfare Act and the Adoption of Indian Children” (1989) 66 University of Detroit Law Review 451

AJ Horne “Consanguinity and the marriage of adopted relatives: Observations on the problems of certainty and direction in New Zealand law” (1992) 3 FLB 67

AJ Horne “Consanguinity and the marriage of adopted relatives: Observations on the problems of certainty and direction in New Zealand law – Part II” (1992) 3 FLB 80

T Hughes “Intestate Succession and Stepparent Adoptions: Should Inheritance Rights of an Adopted Child be Determined by Blood or by Law?” [1988] Wisconsin Law Review 321

MS Hussaini “Incorporating Thwarted Putative Fathers into the Adoption Scheme” [1996] University of Illinois Law Review 189

O Jessep and R Chisholm “Step-parent Adoptions and the Family Law Act” (1992) 6 AJFL 179

I Johnston “Is Adoption Outmoded?” (1985) 6 Otago LR 14

M Kirkpatrick “Clinical Implications of Lesbian Mother Studies” (1987) 14 Journal of Homosexuality 201

M Kirkpatrick, A Smith and R Roy “Lesbian Mothers and Their Children: A Comparative Study” (1981) 51 American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 545

L Kirsch “Unwed Fathers and their Newborn Children Placed for Adoption: Protecting the Rights of Both in Custody Disputes” (1994) 36 Arizona Law Review 1011

J Klauer “Open Adoption Records: A Question of Empowerment” (1993) 57 Saskatchewan Law Review 415

RG Knight “Female Homosexuality and the Custody of Children” (1983) 12 New Zealand Journal of Psychology 23

S LeVay and D Hamer “Evidence for a Biological Influence in Male Homosexuality” [May 1994] Scientific American 20

R Ludbrook “Adoption Consents – Negotiating the Sliding Doors” (1998) 2 BFLJ 320

MR Mellown “An Incomplete Picture: The Debate about Surrogate Motherhood” (1985) 8 Harvard Women’s Law Journal 231

A Mikaere “Mäori Women: Caught in the Contradiction of a Colonised Reality” (1994) 1 Waikato L Rev 125

SL Miller “Surrogate Parenthood and Adoption Statutes: Can a Square Peg Fit into a Round Hole?” (1988) 22 Family Law Quarterly 199

J Montgomery “Constructing a Family – After a Surrogate Birth” (1986) 49 MLR 635

D Morgan “Who to Be or Not to Be: The Surrogacy Story” (1986) 49 MLR 358

T Mulgan and A Moore “Surrogacy, Non-existence, and Harm” (1997) 2 BFLJ 165

M Otlowski “Re Evelyn – Reflections on Australia’s First Litigated Surrogacy Case” (1999) 7 Medical Law Review 38

EC Patt “Second Parent Adoption: When Crossing the Marital Barrier Is in a Child’s Best Interests” (1987) 3 Berkeley Women’s Law Journal 96

CJ Patterson “Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents” (1992) 63 Child Development 1025

N Polikoff “This Child Does Have Two Mothers: Redefining Parenthood to Meet the Needs of Children in Lesbian-Mother and Other Non-Traditional Families” (1990) 78 Georgetown Law Journal 459

Rhyl, Lady Jansen “Building the smallest democracy at the heart of society” (1995) 1 BFLJ 160

P Ringwood “Adoption Procedures in Cook Islands and New Zealand” [1975] NZLJ 677

C Rotherham “‘Baby C’: An Adoption Following a Surrogacy Arrangement” [1991] NZLJ 17

C Rotherham “Surrogate Motherhood in New Zealand: A Survey of Existing Law and an Examination of Options for Reform” (1991) 7 Otago LR 426

D Salmon “In Response to a Freeman: Surrogate Motherhood and the Feminist Perspective” (1995) 1 BFLJ 276

TM Somogye “Opening Minds to Open Adoption” (1997) 45 Kansas Law Review 619

K Standley “Children and Lesbian Mothers: B v B and C v C” (1992) 4 Journal of Child Law 134

M Steiner “Perinatal Mood Disorders: Position Paper” (1998) 34 Psychopharmacology Bulletin 301

G Stewart “Adoption and Surrogacy in New Zealand” (1991) 21 VUWLR 131

G Stewart “Adoption and Surrogacy” [1994] NZLJ 384

F Tasker and S Golombok “Children Raised by Lesbian Mothers: The Empirical Evidence” [1991] Fam Law 184

F Tasker and S Golombok “The Role of Co-Mothers in Planned Lesbian-Led Families” (1998) 2(4) Journal of Lesbian Studies 49

J Temkin “Do We Need the Crime of Incest?” (1991) 44 CLP 185

M Tennant “Maternity and Morality: Homes for Single Mothers 1890–1930” (1985) 2 Women’s Studies Journal 28

CHCJ van Nijnatten “Sexual Orientation of Parents and Dutch Family Law” (1995) 14 Med Law 359

G Weiss “Revocation of Mother’s Consent to Adoption – Some Proposals for Reform” [1976] NZLJ 497

CG Zanolli “The Unwed Father and Adoption in Utah: A Proposal for Statutory Reform” [1989] Utah Law Review 115

CM Zierdt “Make New Parents but Keep the Old” (1993) 69 North Dakota Law Review 497

UNPUBLISHED MATERIAL

Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Service Local Adoptions Placements Manual (1996)

D Fergusson, LJ Horwood and M Lloyd “The Outcomes of Adoption: A 12 year longitudinal study” (Prepared for the Adoption Practices Review Committee, Christchurch, 1990)

M Fowler “Open Adoption in New Zealand: Issues for Adoptive Parents” (MA thesis, University of Auckland, 1995)

C Hadfield “Adoptions 1963 to 73” (DSW Conference, Department of Social Welfare, Wellington, 1973)

RJ Hoddle “Open Adoption” (MA thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, 1989)

M Iwanek “A Study of Open Adoption Placements” (Wellington, 1987)

BA Kelly “The Role of the State and the Private Sector in the Provision of Placement and Long Term Support Adoption Services in New Zealand” (Master Social Sciences thesis, University of Waikato, 1998)

MA Kenworthy “Reunion Aftermath: Views of Birthmothers and Relinquished Sons and Daughters” (MA thesis, University of Auckland, 1992)

L Langridge “Adoption: The Birth Mother’s Experience” (MA thesis, University of Auckland, 1984)

A McDonald “Adoptions amongst Mäori and the Adoption Act 1955” (LLB (Hons) legal writing, Victoria University of Wellington, 1978)

HM Mead “Tamaiti Whängai: The Adopted Child: Mäori Customary Practices” (Paper delivered at the Adoption Conference, Victoria University of Wellington, 1990)

New Zealand Law Commission Draft Preliminary Paper on Mäori Succession Law (NZLC Draft, 31 January 1997)

New Zealand Law Commission The Law of Succession – hui notes (unpublished, 1997) 11

G Palmer “Birth Mothers: Adoption in New Zealand and the Social Control of Women 1881–1985” (MA Hons thesis, University of Canterbury, 1991)

A Weaver “Addressing the Psycho-Social Implications in Social Policy: The Case of Adoption and Early Intervention Strategies” (MPP Research Paper, Victoria University of Wellington, 1999)