03332nam 2200565 450 991080944090332120230814221554.090-04-35582-010.1163/9789004355828(CKB)4100000001128320(MiAaPQ)EBC5265051(OCoLC)1008776042(nllekb)BRILL9789004355828(EXLCZ)99410000000112832020180303h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierChildren, autonomy and the courts beyond the right to be heard /by Aoife DalyLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill Nijhoff,2018.©20181 online resource (449 pages)Stockholm Studies in Child Law and Children's Rights,2405-8343 ;Volume 3Includes index.90-04-35581-2 Front Matter -- -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Children, Autonomy and the Courts: Beyond the Right to be Heard -- A Proposal: Replace the ‘Right to be Heard’ with a ‘Children’s Autonomy Principle’ -- The Children’s Autonomy Principle and the Best Interest of the Child -- Chapter 3: The ‘Liberal Ideal’: Autonomy, Capacity and the Adult/Child Divide -- Chapter 4: Ensuring Good Processes for Children through Respect for Autonomy -- Chapter 5: ‘Weighing’ Views: The Right to be Heard Does Not Allow Children to Sufficiently Influence Outcomes -- Putting the Autonomy Principle into Practice: Moving from a Focus on ‘Competence’ to One on Significant Harm -- Chapter 7: Autonomy Support: Embedding the Children’s Autonomy Principle in Good Systems -- Conclusion.In this book Aoife Daly argues that where courts decide children’s best interests (for example about parental contact) the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child's \'right to be heard\' is insufficient, and autonomy should instead be the focus. Global law and practice indicate that children are regularly denied due process rights in their own best interest proceedings and find their wishes easily overridden. It is argued that a children’s autonomy principle, respecting children’s wishes unless significant harm would likely result, would ensure greater support for children in proceedings, and greater obligations on adults to engage in transparent decision-making. This book is a call for a reconceptualisation of the status of children in a key area of children’s rights.Stockholm studies in child law and children's rights ;Volume 3.Children's rightsChildren (International law)Due process of lawLocus standiAutonomy in childrenRight to participate in proceedingsChildren's rights.Children (International law)Due process of law.Locus standi.Autonomy in children.342.08772Daly Aoife1699612MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809440903321Children, autonomy and the courts4082001UNINA