Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

Children and the law - a demographic and historical sketch

the Children Act 1989

central issues in children law

the married family and the divorced family

the unmarried family

the social family

the adoptive family

the family and medical decisions

children, money and property

local authority support for children and families

care and supervision

investigation and short-term protection

children in court

children and the criminal law

children and the civil law

children and education

children and the international community.

This text on public and private law relating to children and juvenile crime and justice has been updated to take account of the Education Act 1993, the Family Law Act 1996 and the Child Support Act 1995.