Voices in the Adjudication of Compulsory Adoption in Israel

The Hegemonic Voice of the Professional Expert and the Unheard Voice of the Biological Parents

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ID12460246
AuthorsVered Ben‐David (0000-0002-8792-2053, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author), Vered Ben-David
Year2011
Volume14
Issue2
Pages132-156
Publication date2011-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdoption Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1092-6755 • E-ISSN: 1544-452X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10926755.2011.560791
OpenAlexW2074020412
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited52

Ambiguity in the definitions of “parental incapability” and “child's best interests” in the Israeli law of adoption allows for different “voices” to determine their meaning. With regard to compulsory adoption, findings from texts of the judicial discourse in Israel portray the voice of the professional expert as hegemonic and that of the biological parents as unheard, revealing the nature of the practices that lead to the deligitimization of the parents’ voice. To bring about a balanced representation of the different voices, the article proposes a moralization of the legal procedure of adoption that stresses its rehabilitative rather than condemnatory character

Adjudication · Ambiguity · Hegemony · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Political science · Representation (politics · S Voice · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Computer Science · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Law · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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