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The adoption in November 1989, by the UN General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child heralded the arrival of a new era in the development of children's rights. As of March 1991 over 75 states have ratified the Convention. Using the Convention as a framework, the contributors to this volume set out to re-evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of approaching issues of children's welfare and well-being through the lens of a 'rights' approach. The aim is to take a fresh look at these issues and to do so with specific reference to an international treaty that is certain to be ratified by a very large number of countries in every region of the world and which will soon be legally binding in many states. This is a special issue of the International Journal of Law and the Family. Contributors: Tom Campbell, Onora O'Neill, Michael Freeman, Ngaire Naffine, Margaret Coady, Tony Coady, Sheila McLean, Frances Olsen, John Eekelaar

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Author:   Philip Alston ,  etc. ,  Stephen Parker (Senior Lecturer in Law, Australian National University, Australia) ,  John Seymour (Reader in Law, Australian National University, Australia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780198257769

ISBN 10:   0198257767
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   01 June 1992
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"The rights of the child - as person, as dependant, as juvenile, as future adult, Tom Campbell; children's rights and children's lives, Onora O'Neill; the concept of childhood - from dependency to autonomy, Michael Freeman; the young child in court - can there be rights without a remedy?, Ngaire Naffine; reconciling conflicting rights - the case of ""uncontrollable"" children, John Seymour; child abuse, morality and law, Margaret Coady and Tony Coady; child support - putting rights into practice or policial posturing, Stephen Parker; medical experimentation and children's rights, Sheila McLean; the Convention on the Rights of the Child - a feminist analysis, Frances Olsen; what balance does the Convention strike in reconciling the interests of the child, the family and the State?, John Ekelaar."

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