Children\'s rights : a comparative perspective / edited by Michael Freeman.

Contributor(s):

Freeman, Michael D. A

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Issues in law and societyPublication details: Aldershot ; Brookfield, USA : Dartmouth, c1996.Description: viii, 248 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

1855216833 (pb)

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DDC classification:

323.352 FRE

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The articles in this volume shed light on some of the major tensions in the field of children's rights (such as the ways in which children's best interests and respect for their autonomy can be reconciled), challenges (such as how the CRC can be made a reality in the lives of children in the face of ignorance, apathy or outright opposition) and critiques (whether children's rights are a Western imposition or a successful global consensus). Along the way, the writing covers a myriad of issues, encompassing the opposition to the CRC in the US; gay parenting: Dr Seuss's take on children's autonomy; the voice of neonates on their health care; the role of NGO in supporting child labourers in India, and young people in detention and more.

Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Introduction: Children as Persons
Argentina - Children's Rights in Family Relationships: The Gulf Between Law and Social Reality
The Convention on the Rights of the Child: Implications for Canada
Children and the Convention: The Danish Debate
The Convention: An English Perspective
The Relevance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Holland
Controversies and Dilemmas: Japan Confronts the Convention
Implementation of the Rights of the Child in the Mozambican Context
New Zealand and The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Lack of Balance
Children's Right in Poland Three Years after the Convention
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Russian Family Law
Swiss Law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Ursula Kilkelly is Professor of Law at Cork University, Ireland. Laura Lundy is Professor of Education Law and Children's Rights, Queen's University Belfast, UK.