Legal concepts of childhood / edited by Julia Fionda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fionda, Julia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Age (Law).

Minors.

Physical Description:

xxix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2001.

Summary:

Essays on the way the concept of child is significant in different fields of law.

Contents:

Part I Perspectives on Childhood

1. Legal Concepts of Childhood: an Introduction / Julia Fionda 3

2. Sociological Perspectives and Media Representations of Childhood / Chris Jenks 19

3. Philosophical Perspectives on Childhood / David Archard 43

4. Psychological and Psychiatric Perspectives / Quentin Spender, Alexandra John 57

Part II The Child in Law

5. Youth and Justice / Julia Fionda 77

6. Children in Court / Allan Levy QC 99

7. Law, Literature and the Child / Ian Ward 111

8. Children Through Tort / Roderick Bagshaw 127

9. The Medical Treatment of Children / Penney Lewis 151

10. The Minor as (a) Subject: the Case of Housing Law / David Cowan, Nick Dearden 165

11. The Child in Family Law / Michael Freeman 183

12. Children's Rights and Education / Paul Meredith 203

13. Children and Social Security Law / Nick Wikeley 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1841131504

OCLC:

46807951