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List of contents
1. Theoretical perspectives; 2. International children's rights; 3. Children's rights in domestic law; 4. Children's rights within the family: parental rights and responsibilities; 5. The child's right to identity; 6. The child's right to respect for family life: the right to know and be brought up by parents; 7. Parents' decisions and young children's health rights; 8. The child's right to education: parental choice and plural values; 9. Adolescent autonomy; 10. Leaving home, rights to support and emancipation; 11. Adolescent decision-making and health care; 12. The child's right to participation in family proceedings; 13. Children's rights and state responsibility: public authorities and poverty; 14. The right to education: participation in school; 15. The child's right to protection from harmful treatment; 16. The child's right to protection in state care and to state accountability; 17. Conclusion - themes and the way ahead.
About the author
Rachel E. Taylor is Fellow and Tutor in Law at Exeter College, Oxford and Associate Professor in Law at Oxford University. She writes widely on issues relating to children and family law.
Summary
Now fully revised and updated, this classic textbook is unique in its use of children's rights to evaluate law and policy affecting children across a broad range of areas in their lives. Comprehensive in scope, it features assessments of key topics including parenthood, education, child protection, child poverty and medical law.
Foreword
Now fully revised and updated, this classic textbook is unique in its use of children's rights to evaluate law and policy affecting children's lives.
