Family law: children

This edited collection brings together a range of experts on surrogacy, at a time when the law in the UK has been fully reconsidered for the first time in generations.

Child maltreatment professionals from all disciplines struggle to find better ways of understanding and treating the families and children affected by maltreatment.

In the wake of the Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans cases, a wide-ranging international conversation was started regarding alternative thresholds for intervention and the different balances that can be made in weighing up the rights and interests of the child, the parent's rights and responsibilities and the role of medical professionals and the courts.

A study that challenges our notions about citizenship and judgment by considering the place of children in historical and contemporary legal discourse Many of the most controversial political issues of our time focus on the actions and well-being of children such as Greta Thunberg's climate movement; youth activists standing up for racial justice, safe schools, and an equitable economy; and the furor over separating migrant children from their families.

Same-Sex Marriage and Children is the first book to bring together historical, social science, and legal considerations to comprehensively respond to the objections to same-sex marriage that are based on the need to promote so-called "e;responsible procreation"e; and child welfare.

Considers how to implement children''s rights in the twenty-first century through a child rights-based approach to sustainable development.

This second edition of Helping in Child Protective Services: A Competency-Based Casework Handbook is a comprehensive desk reference that serves as both a daily guide for workers and a training tool for supervisors and administrators.

Exploring the connection between families and inequality, Failure to Flourish: How Law Undermines Family Relationships argues that the legal regulation of families stands fundamentally at odds with the needs of families.

America's foster care system has a noble goal - to care for children that for various reasons can no longer be cared for by their families - but years of inattention and inadequate funding have left many foster youth in a precarious state.

The Oxford Handbook of Children and the Law presents cutting-edge scholarship on a broad range of topics covering the life course of humans from before birth to adulthood, by leading scholars in law, medicine, social work, sociology, education, and philosophy, and by practitioners in law and medicine.

In the wake of the Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans cases, a wide-ranging international conversation was started regarding alternative thresholds for intervention and the different balances that can be made in weighing up the rights and interests of the child, the parent's rights and responsibilities and the role of medical professionals and the courts.

Specifically designed for use in court, Hershman & McFarlane Children Act Handbook 2021/22 provides a single volume of key children proceedings' legislation and related guidance.

Lori Chamber's fascinating study explores the legal history of adoption in Ontario since the passage of the first statute in 1921.

Lost Childhoods focuses on the life-course histories of thirty young men serving time in the Pennsylvania adult prison system for crimes they committed when they were minors.

One of the most astonishing aspects of juvenile crime is how little is known about the impact of the policies and programs put in place to fight it.

In this bold and timely work, law professor Jeffrey Shulman argues that the United States Constitution does not protect a fundamental right to parent.

As the world becomes smaller, family law is becoming truly global, giving rise to more and more questions for private international law.

344 pages, 253 images, 26 contributorsThis second volume focuses on the particular needs of sexual assault survivors in various age groups, including chapters on child sexual abuse and sexual violence against adolescents, adults, and the elderly.

Answers to many legal questions often depend on our understanding of the relationship between the human brain and behavior.

Since the end of the Second World War, increasing numbers of women have decided to become mothers without intending the biological father or a partner to participate in parenting.

There is growing enthusiasm for the use of mediation to seek to resolve cases arising under the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Convention).

Now completely revised and significantly expanded, The Military Divorce Handbook continues to be the go-to resource for understanding the issues involved and effectively representing military personnel and their spouses in domestic situations--divorce, separation, custody, support, and division of property.

This book proposes a new ''parent-partner'' legal status emphasizing obligations of parents to each other and to their children.

When you're getting divorced, you can make a tough time easier for your children (and yourself) if you and the other parent can create your own custody plan and agree on child support.

In 1877, the American Humane Society was formed as the national organization for animal and child protection.

Current Legal Issues, like its sister volume Current Legal Problems (now available in journal format), is based upon an annual colloquium held at Univesity College London.

The first comprehensive look at the global dilemma of child migrationWhy, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise?

Exploring the connection between families and inequality, Failure to Flourish: How Law Undermines Family Relationships argues that the legal regulation of families stands fundamentally at odds with the needs of families.

In Children's Rights Under the Law, Professor Samuel M.

In the cities of Northeast Brazil where 50 per cent of the population lives in poverty, children play a key role in the local economy—in their households, in formal jobs, and in the thriving informal sector (washing cars, shining shoes, scavenging for recyclables, etc.

Since the first edition of Pauline Teslers groundbreaking book, Collaborative Law, there has been an explosion of interest in this dispute resolution method.

This volume of Studies in Law, Politics and Society brings together the work of scholars of several different generations and several different national contexts.

This volume brings together new essays in law and philosophy on a broad range of topics in children's and family law.

A comprehensive analysis and innovative, holistic interpretation of the child''s right to development.

Relocation cases are disputes between separated parents which arise when one parent proposes to move to a new geographic location with their child and the other parent objects to the proposal.

Child protection made simple: the plain-speaking guide for all those concerned with the protection of children.

236 pages, 666 images, 21 contributorsIn cases of sexual assault, it is important that investigators and care providers be able to respond quickly and appropriately in examining survivors, not only to ensure their health and safety but also to preserve any physical evidence left by the perpetrator.

The study and practice of juvenile law is inherently interdisciplinary--a successful practitioner must understand not only the legal implications in the field, but also have a solid grounding in child psychology, child development, neuroscience, sociology, criminology, and social work.

This unique text is an accessible and practical guide addressing legal and related issues stemming from the deprivation of liberty of children and young people.

Global support for improving child welfare and upholding the rights of children is strong, but in practice often fails to recognise the emerging gap between traditional child welfare practices and the evolving nature of child vulnerability.

444 pages, 174 images, 64 contributorsThe Third Edition of Child Abuse Quick Reference is completely revised and expanded, with new and emerging science for the multidisciplinary response to child abuse.

This volume brings together new essays in law and philosophy on a broad range of topics in children's and family law.

Are you concerned about falling foul of the pitfalls across the spectrum of modern family proceedings?

Can you hear the child's voice?

Since the early 1990s, transnational adoptions have increased at an astonishing rate, not only in the United States, but worldwide.

A longitudinal history of Islamic child custody law, challenging Euro-American exceptionalism to reveal developments that considered the best interests of the child.

For many years family law was viewed as a study of the regulation of clearly defined relationships of husband and wife and parent and child.

This edited collection brings together a range of experts on surrogacy, at a time when the law in the UK has been fully reconsidered for the first time in generations.