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Children's Rights and the Developing Law.
Professor Jane Fortin examines how developing law and policies in England and Wales simultaneously promote and undermine children's rights.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
| Colección: | Law in context.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Table of statutes; Table of statutory instruments; Table of international instruments; Part One Theoretical perspectives and international sources; Chapter 1 Theoretical perspectives; (1) Introduction; (2) Rights awareness and rights scepticism; (A) Children's liberation; (B) Children's rights and the parental role; (C) The dangers of 'rights talk'; (3) Do children have any rights and, if so, which ones?; (A) Children as rightsolders; (B) What rights do children have?
- (C) International human rights(D) Children's rights and the role of paternalism; (i) Children's 'autonomy' and the role of paternalism; (ii) Welfare 'versus' rights
- restraining paternalism?; (iii) Adolescents and paternalism; (4) Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 2 International children's rights; (1) Introduction; (2) Rights theories and international human rights; (3) The United Nations and the aftermath of the Second World War; (4) The United Nations and children's rights; (5) The Convention on the Rights of the Child; (A) A broad spectrum of rights; (B) Classifying the Convention rights.
- (C) Internal inconsistencies(D) Success or failure?; (E) The reporting mechanism and the United Kingdom; (F) More effective enforcement procedures; (i) Incorporation into domestic law?; (ii) An effective Children's Commissioner?; (iii) An individual right of petition?; (G) The practical influence of the CRC; (6) The European Convention on Human Rights; (A) The post-ar background; (B) Incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law; (C) The role of the European Court of Human Rights and children's claims.
- (D) The European Convention on Human Rights and its interpretation
- strengths and weaknesses for children(i) Offsetting the Convention's narrow focus; (ii) Positive obligations; (iii) Articulating children's claims?; (a) Differing approaches; (b) State interference; (c) Parental disputes; (d) Children's own applications; (iv) No 'welfare or best interests' formula; (7) The Council of Europe and children's rights; (8) Conclusion; Bibliography; Part Two Promoting consultation and decision-making; Chapter 3 Adolescent autonomy and parents; (1) Introduction.
- (2) Child and adolescent developmental capacity for decision-making
- the research evidence(3) Child and adolescent capacity for decision-making
- liberalising the law on minority status?; (4) Adolescents and parents
- legal boundaries?; (A) Legislative persuasion; (B) Lessons from Gillick; (C) Gillick and the HRA 1998; (5) Adolescents' right to refuse and parents' to agree; (6) Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 4 Leaving home, rights to support and emancipation; (1) Introduction; (2) Legal age limits; (A) Under 16
- supplementing pocket money?; (B) Over 16 and under 18.