| Description |
1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Table of cases -- Children legislation -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction and legal framework -- Introduction -- The evolution of rights -- Children and childhood: a very brief note -- The legal framework -- The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) -- The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) -- The Hague Convention on Abduction (The Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980)29 -- The Human Rights Act 1998 -- The Children Act 1989 |
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The Equality Act 2010 -- Wardship: the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court -- Judicial review of administrative action -- Children and legal proceedings -- The Official Solicitor -- CAFCASS: the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service -- Legal aid -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Basic principles, status, and identity -- Introduction -- Parental responsibility -- Part A: fundamental concepts -- The welfare of the child -- The right to contact -- The right to be heard -- Safeguarding -- The right to equality -- Part B: status and identity rights -- Introduction -- Proof of parentage |
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Assisted reproduction -- Surrogacy72 -- Adoption -- Gender identity -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Children and medical treatment -- Introduction -- Standards of living and health -- The right to life -- Consent to medical treatment -- Confidentiality25 -- Refusing consent to medical treatment -- Withholding/withdrawing medical treatment -- Immunisation -- The rights of children with disabilities -- Children and young people's mental health -- The data -- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) -- Culture, religion, and medical treatment69 -- Jehovah's Witnesses -- Circumcision |
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The relevance of financial resources -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Children and education -- Introduction -- The duty to provide education -- Education Supervision Orders12 -- State schools -- School standards: OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills) -- School governance22 -- Class sizes -- Admissions -- School uniform -- Religious Education (RE) -- Discipline38 -- Bullying -- Truancy -- Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND)54 -- Children under five -- Children between five and 15 -- Young people aged 16 or over in further education |
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Education, Health, and Care Plans61 -- Evaluating the system -- Exclusions from school75 -- The rules on exclusion -- Challenging exclusions -- Provision of education for excluded children -- Alternative Provision (AP)89 -- 'Managed' moves -- Off-rolling and gaming practices -- Independent schools -- Taking a child out of school in term time -- Unregistered schools -- The liability of schools -- Education in Scotland and Wales (in outline) -- Scotland -- Wales -- Northern Ireland -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Freedom from abuse -- Introduction -- Child abuse within the family |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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A remaining controversy: corporal punishment in the home |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429840524 |
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0429840527 |
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