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Author:   Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg ,  Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg ,  Jane Mair ,  Sanna Koulu
Publisher:   Intersentia Ltd
Imprint:   Intersentia Ltd
Volume:   41
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.353kg
ISBN:  

9781780683461

ISBN 10:   1780683464
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   04 January 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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CO N T E N TS Preface ... v List of Authors ... ix The Child in the Intersections between Society, Family, Faith and Culture Maarit Jantera-Jareborg ... 1 1. Introduction ... 1 2. Focus on Europe and the Nordic States - but with Global Implications... 4 3. How Human Rights Instruments Tackle the Child's Confl icting Interests ... 8 4. The Child's Right to Religious Identity ... 14 5. Navigating between Parents' Convictions and the State's Interest in Equal Education for All ... 15 6. Removal of Children from Parental Care... 18 7. Protecting Children from Marrying ... 21 8. Circumcision of Boys: What is at Stake?... 24 9. Cooperation Instead of Confrontation: the Malta Process ... 28 10. The Child as the Sacrificial Lamb to Society, Family, Religion and Culture ... 30 Born or Becoming: Children, Religion and Identity Jane Mair ... 31 1. The Badge of Identity ... 31 2. Identity Rights ... 34 3. The Situated Child: the Best and the Least ... 39 4. Identifying Relationships: a Case Study ... 49 5. The Limits of Labelling ... 53 State Curriculum and Parents' Convictions under the European Convention on Human Rights Sanna Mustasaari and Sanna Koulu ... 55 1. Travelling with Children in Strasbourg ... 55 2. Religion and Education: Between Parental and State Authority ... 56 Intersentia vii Contents 3. The European Court on a Tightrope between the State and the Parents? ... 60 4. Exemption from Education in National Laws ... 64 5. Best Interests of the Child: from Universal Rules to Particular Contexts and Back? ... 66 6. Child's Freedom of Religion or Parents' Convictions?... 69 7. Planning Future Travels ... 71 Care Placements of Children Outside their Parental Home - Concerns of Culture Sanne Hofman and Kirsten Sandberg ... 73 1. Introduction ... 73 2. The Law ... 75 3. Cultural Background in the Consideration of Serious Neglect ... 77 4. Refugee Children ... 77 5. Physical Violence ... 78 6. The Best Interests Assessment ... 79 7. The Placement ... 80 8. Overall Evaluation ... 83 Child Marriages and the Law - with Special Reference to Swedish Developments Goran Lambertz ... 85 1. Introduction ... 86 2. Some Points of Departure ... 88 3. Legislation or Not? ... 92 4. No Possibility of Exceptions to Marriage Age? ... 100 5. Criminalisation? ... 102 6. How Should We Counteract Negative Effects? ... 109 7. Closing Remarks ... 110 Circumcision of Young Boys: A Conflict between Parental and Child Rights. The Swedish Experience from a Medical Point of View Staffan Janson ... 111 1. Introduction ... 111 2. The Practice and its Historic Background ... 113 3. The Swedish Situation ... 115 4. The 2012 Statement by the American Pediatric Academy ... 119 5. The Statement of the Scandinavian Ombudsmen ... 123 6. Conclusion... 124 viii Intersentia Contents The Body as Identity Marker. Circumcision of Boys Caught between Contrasting Views on the Best Interests of the Child Marie-Claire Foblets ... 125 1. Introduction ... 126 2. Different Perspectives Associated with the Appraisal of Child Care, Identity and Personhood ... 142 3. Some Personal Reflections by Way of a Conclusion ... 161 Malta Process and Cross-Cultural Aspects in Family Disputes Louise Ellen Teitz ... 163 1. Introduction: the Challenges of Cross-Border Family Relationships ... 163 2. Discussion ... 167 3. Conclusion... 180 The Child as the Sacrificial Lamb to Society, Family, Religion and Culture. A Comment Esin Orucu ... 185 Annex ... 187 Index... 201 Intersentia

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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Maarit Jnter-Jareborg; LL.D. Uppsala University; Honorary doctorates from the universities of Oslo, Helsinki and Bergen; Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law; Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities; President of the Swedish Foundation on Humanities and Social Sciences (RJ); Member of the Organising Committee of the Commission on European Family Law; Legal consultant at the Swedish Government Offices; Sderberg Laureate in Jurisprudence 2013; Rudbeck's Gold Medal 2011; Thurus Laureate in Social Sciences 2010; Idman's award 1997.

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