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Children's rights and the developing law

Title
  1. Children's rights and the developing law / Jane Fortin.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Author
  1. Fortin, Jane.

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Description
  1. lxxiii, 804 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. This text considers the developing law in England and Wales as it applies to the burgeoning and confusing subject of the rights of children. It examines the extent to which the emerging legal principles can be harnessed to fulfil those rights.
Series statement
  1. Law in context series
Uniform title
  1. Law in context.
Subject
  1. Children > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain
  2. Children's rights > Great Britain
  3. 86.21 law of persons, family law
  4. 86.65 juvenile law
  5. Children > Legal status, laws, etc
  6. Children's rights
  7. Barns rättigheter > Storbritannien
  8. Barn > juridik och lagstiftning > Storbritannien
  9. Great Britain
Contents
  1. pt. 1. Theoretical perspectives and international sources -- 1. Theoretical perspectives -- 2. International children's rights -- pt. 2. Promoting consultation and decision-making -- 3. Adolescent autonomy and parents -- 4. Leaving home, rights to support and emancipation -- 5. Adolescent decision-making and health care -- 6. Promoting consultation and decision-making in schools -- 7. Children's involvement in family proceedings -- rights to representation -- 8. Children in court -- their welfare, wishes and feelings -- pt. 3. Children's rights and parents' powers -- 9. Children's rights versus family privacy -- physical punishment and financial support -- 10. Parents' decisions and children's health rights -- 11. Educational rights for children in minority groups -- 12. Educational rights for children with disabilities -- 13. Children's right to know their parents -- the significance of the blood tie -- 14. Children's right to know and be brought up by their parents -- 15. abused child's right to state protection -- 16. Right to protection in state care and to state accountability -- 17. right of abused children to protection by the criminal law -- 18. Protecting the rights of young offenders -- 19. Conclusion -- themes and the way ahead -- Appendix I. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child -- Appendix II. Human Rights Act 1998.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Previous ed.: 2003.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.