Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

The rights of the child - as person, as dependant, as juvenile, as future adult, Tom Campbell

children's rights and children's lives, Onora O'Neill

the concept of childhood - from dependency to autonomy, Michael Freeman

the young child in court - can there be rights without a remedy?, Ngaire Naffine

reconciling conflicting rights - the case of ""uncontrollable"" children, John Seymour

child abuse, morality and law, Margaret Coady and Tony Coady

child support - putting rights into practice or policial posturing, Stephen Parker

medical experimentation and children's rights, Sheila McLean

the Convention on the Rights of the Child - a feminist analysis, Frances Olsen

what balance does the Convention strike in reconciling the interests of the child, the family and the State?, John Ekelaar.

The adoption in November 1989, by the UN General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child heralded the arrival of a new era in the development of children's rights. As of March 1991, over 75 states have ratified the Convention. Using the Convention as a framework, the contributors to this volume set out to re-evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of issues of children's welfare and well-being through the lens of a human rights approach. The aim is to take a fresh look at these issues and to do so with specific reference to an international treaty.