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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Martha Fineman; Karen Worthington |
| ISBN: | 9780754674191 0754674193 9780754699019 0754699013 |
| OCLC Number: | 298670811 |
| Description: | x, 450 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Children's rights as human rights. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child : empowering parents to protect their children's rights / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse and Kathryn A. Johnson -- Child, family, state, and gender equality in religious stances and human rights instruments : a preliminary comparison / Linda C. McClain -- Rhetoric, religion, and human rights : "save the children!" / Barbara Stark -- Feminist fundamentalism on the frontier between government and family responsibility for children / Mary Ann Case -- Using international human rights law in US courts : lessons from the campaign against the juvenile death penalty / Linda M. Keller -- The lesser culpability of the juvenile offender : trial in adult criminal court, incarceration with adults, and excessive sanctions / Bernardine Dohrn -- Parental rights doctrine : creating and maintaining maternal value / Annette R. Appell --Placing children in context : parents, foster care, and poverty / Naomi Cahn --Expanding the parent-child-state triangle in public family law : the role of private providers / Susan Vivian Mangold. Advocating for children's rights in a lawless nation : articulating rights for foster children / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse and Brooke Hardy -- A proposal for collaborative enforcement of a federal right to education / Kimberly Jenkins Robinson --Taking children's interests seriously / Martha Albertson Fineman --Child's right to religious freedom in international law : the search for meaning / Ursula Kilkelly -- Clashing rights and welfare : a return to a rights discourse in family law in the UK? / Shazia Choudhry -- Accommodating children's religious expression in public schools : a comparative analysis of the veil and other religious symbols in Western democracies / Catherine J. Ross -- Children, education, and rights in a society divided by religion : the perspectives of children and young people / Laura Lundy -- Children, international human rights, and the politics of belonging / Alice Hearst --The right of children to be loved / S. Matthew Liao. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Martha Albertson Fineman, Karen Worthington. |
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Abstract:
Using international human rights norms as a touchstone, examining the state of 'rights-talk' about children in the US, this collection explores the presence, participation and treatment of children, in many contexts of US society.
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'Drawing together an impressive list of international contributors, What Is Right For Children? reshapes our thinking about the relationship between children, Human Rights and religion. Divided into three insightful sections encompassing topics such as juvenile justice, child protection, education, and parental rights, it will appeal to anyone interested in how cultural contexts shape debates about children, families, and governmental obligations. Passionate and timely, you'll want to read every chapter.' Read more...
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