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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455106903321

Autore

Guggenheim Martin

Titolo

What's wrong with children's rights? [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Guggenheim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-674-26410-X

0-674-03802-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

323.3/52/0973

Soggetti

Children's rights

Children - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Parent and child (Law) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. A Brief History of Children's Rights in the United States -- 2. The Rights of Parents -- 3. Getting and Losing Parental Rights: The "Baby Jessica" Case -- 4. Who Gets to Be the Parent? The Right to Relationships with Someone Else's Children -- 5. Divorce, Custody, and Visitation -- 6. Child Protection, Foster Care, and Termination of Parental Rights -- 7. Children's Rights that Serve Adults' Needs: The Case of Adolescents' Right to Abortion -- 8. How Children's Rights Impact Family Law and Juvenile Rights -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index