Children's rights and the developing law / Jane Fortin.

London : LexisNexis, c2003.

2nd ed.

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Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain.

Children's rights -- Great Britain.

Children.

1. Theoretical perspectives

2. International children's rights

3. Adolescent decision-making, Gillick and parents

4. Child runaways, emancipation and rights to support

5. Adolescent decision-making and health care

6. Promoting consultation and decision-making in schools

7. Children's involvement in family proceedings - rights to representation

8. Children in court - their welfare, wishes and feelings

9. Children's rights versus family privacy - physical punishment and financial support

10. Parents' decisions and children's health rights

11. Education rights for children in minority groups

12. Educational rights for children with disabilities

13. Children's rights to know their parents - the significance of the blood tie

14. Children's right to know and be brought up by their parents

15. An abused child's right to state protection

16. Right to protection in state care and to state accountability

17. The right of abused children to protection by criminal law

18. Protecting the rights of young offenders

19. Conclusion - themes and the way ahead

Appendix I. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Appendix II. Human Rights Act 1998.

Includes index.

040693407X

1663 p.