Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

Children and the Law: A Demographic and Historical Sketch

Fundamental Principles: The Children Act 1989, The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Human Rights

The Central Issues

The Married Family and Divorce

The Unmarried Family

The Social Family

Adoption

Children 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 in the International Community

Children: The Modern Law is well-established as the leading textbook dealing comprehensively with the law and policy relating to children. This third edition has been extensively revised and updated to take account of significant legislative changes that have occurred since the second edition, including the Adoption and Children Act 2002, the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998.

This new edition includes coverage of other important developments such as:-

• The Council of Europe Convention on Contact concerning Children and case-law relating to contact
  
• Reform of the child support legislation
  
• The introduction of special guardianship
  
• Changes to the law governing the parental responsibility of unmarried fathers
  
• Significant case-law including Re A (Children) (Conjoined Twins: Surgical Separation)