Children's Rights and the Developing Law

ISBN: 9780521698016 出版年：2009 页码：880 Fortin Cambridge University Press

Preface. Part One - Theoretical perspectives and international sources. Theoretical perspectives. International children's rights. Part Two - Promoting consultation and decision-making. Adolescent decision-making, Gillick and parents. Child runaways, emancipation and rights to support. Adolescent decision-making and health care. Promoting consultation and decision-making in schools.Children in court - rights to representation. Children in court - instructing their own solicitors. Children in court - their wishes and feelings. Part Three - Children's rights and parents' powers. Children's rights versus family privacy - corporal punishment and financial support. Parents' decisions and children's health rights. Educational rights for children with disabilities. A child's right to know her parents - the significance of the blood tie. A child's right to know and be brought up by her parents. Part Four - Children's rights to protection. An abused child's right to state protection. Right to protection in state care and to state accountability. The right of abused children to protection by the criminal law. Protecting the rights of juvenile offenders. Part Five - Conclusion. Themes and the way ahead.