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Author:   Michael Freeman
Publisher:   Kluwer Law International
Imprint:   Kluwer Law International
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9789041103772

ISBN 10:   9041103775
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   01 August 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Preface. 1. The Moral Status of Children. 2. Taking Children's Rights More Seriously. 3. Laws, Conventions and Rights. 4. Beyond Conventions - Towards Empowerment. 5. The Limits of Children's Rights. 6. English Law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. 7. Children's Rights and Cultural Pluralism. 8. Contact With Absent Parents: An Emergent Child Right. 9. Do Children Have the Right Not to be Born? 10. The Rights of the Artificially Procreated Child. 11. Can Children Divorce their Parents? 12. The James Bulger Tragedy: Childish Innocence and the Construction of Guilt. 13. Cleveland, Butler-Sloss and Beyond: How Are We to React to the Sexual Abuse of Children? 14. In the Child's Best Interests? Reading the Children Act Critically. 15. Removing Rights from Adolescents. 16. Sterilizing the Mentally Handicapped. 17. Afterword. Index.

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