1st Edition

Children's Rights and the Law An Introduction

By Hilaire Barnett Copyright 2022
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

This book identifies the definition of a child within the law, the rights of children, and discusses the extent to which primarily English law gives adequate recognition to and protection of these rights. To what extent does English law gives adequate recognition to and protection of the rights of children? Historically the idea of and protection of rights has focused on parental rights... Read more

Chapter 1 Introduction And Legal Framework

Chapter 2 Basic Principles, Status And Identity

Chapter 3 Children And Medicine

Chapter 4 Children And Education

Chapter 5 Freedom From Abuse

Chapter 6 Child Protection

Chapter 7 Criminal Justice

Chapter 8 Finance, Contract, Employment

Appendix A When Can A Child?

Biography

Hilaire Barnett, BA, LLM, formerly Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, University of London.