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Child welfare and rights : differences in common law and civil law perspectives / Kerry O'Halloran.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Halloran, Kerry, author.
- Series:
- Children and the law (London, England)
- Children and the law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's rights.
- Children--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Children.
- Child welfare.
- Common law.
- Civil law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 317 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Biography/History:
- Kerry O'Halloran, a professionally qualified lawyer, social worker and academic, has recently retired from 13 years as Adjunct Professor to the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT, Brisbane. In Northern Ireland, he served on the Social Care Tribunal and on a HSS Trust Adoption Panel, advised the Irish government on law reform matters and served in a consultancy capacity to government bodies such as Courts Services (Northern Ireland) and to the Open University in England. Previously employed as Assistant Director (Research) at the Centre for Voluntary Action, University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, his 30 books and many other publications include Conscientious Objection (Springer, 2022), The Politics of Adoption, 4th ed (Springer, 2021), Adoption Law and Human Rights: International Perspectives (Routledge, 2018), Religion, Charity and Human Rights (CUP, 2014) and Child Care and Protection: the Law & Practice in Northern Ireland (Thompson Reuters, 2003).
- Contents:
- Family, the law, and social context
- Prevention : children and families in need
- Protection : child abuse and neglect
- Control : juvenile justice and state care
- Reproductive rights
- Founding families and family life
- Adoption
- Family breakdown and parenting arrangements
- Themes : comparative jurisdictional analysis; common law and civil law differences.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 06, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: O'Halloran, Kerry. Child welfare and rights
- ISBN:
- 9781003269595
- 1003269591
- 9781040114261
- 1040114261
- 9781040114292
- 1040114296
- Publisher Number:
- 40032440100
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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