INTRODUCTION / Kerry O'Halloran -- Part 1 -- ADOPTION: CONCEPT, PRINCIPLES, AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCT / Kerry O'Halloran -- THE CHANGING FACE OF ADOPTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM / Kerry O'Halloran -- Part 2 -- THE LEGAL FUNCTIONS OF ADOPTION / Kerry O'Halloran -- INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKS FOR MODERN ADOPTION LAW / Kerry O'Halloran -- Part 3 -- THE ADOPTION PROCESS IN ENGLAND & WALES: THE ADOPTION AND CHILDREN ACT 2002 / Kerry O'Halloran -- THE ADOPTION PROCESS IN IRELAND / Kerry O'Halloran -- THE ADOPTION PROCESS IN THE US / Kerry O'Halloran -- THE ADOPTION PROCESS IN AUSTRALIA / Kerry O'Halloran -- INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION / Kerry O'Halloran -- INTRACULTURE ADOPTION / Kerry O'Halloran