%0 Journal Article
%T Adoptio naturam imitatur ¡ª Grenzfragen der Annahme als Kind in historisch-dogmatischem Kontext
%A Inge Kroppenberg
%J Forum Historiae Iuris
%D 2012
%I FHI
%X Today, spouses in a registered partnership according to German law have only a limited right to adoption. In spring 2012, the Bundesverfassungsgericht will decide on the constitu-tionality of this restriction. In the scholarly discussion on the matter, the 'natural¡¯ relationship between parent and child plays a central role. This paper looks at the cultural significance and changes of the concept of 'nature' as opposed to 'culture/law' with respect to the legal fiction that is adoption. It shows how the past of adoption law bears on its present.
%K Legal History
%U http://www.forhistiur.de/zitat/1203kroppenberg.htm