The second edition of this highly-regarded work provides extensive coverage of the ways in which the law and children interact. Topics such as criminal law, the internet, immigration law, family law, medical law, discrimination law, education and the legal process are included with contributions from expert authors in each area.
The second edition of this highly-regarded work provides extensive coverage of the ways in which the law and children interact. Topics such as criminal law, the internet, immigration law, family law, medical law, discrimination law, education and the legal process are included with contributions from expert authors in each area. Each chapter is contributed by an expert on that topic and is written to provide a clear, authoritative and accessible discussion suitable for a wide audience.
This edition provides an extended socio-legal focus, ensuring the work is relevant for practitioners, non-legal professionals working in child-related areas, researchers and students in both law and non-law units at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It includes discussion on topical issues such as: surrogacy, youth rights, the internet and cyber bullying, international adoption, migration, international child abduction, the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Assault, and the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Australian Law.
Features
• Authoritative commentary by expert contributors
• Includes socio-legal focus to ensure accessibility and relevance to a wide market
• Includes traditional topics and areas of recent prominence
Related Titles
• Young, Sifris, Carroll & Monahan, Family Law in Australia, 9th ed, 2016
Children and the law: An historical overview — Judith Bessant and Rob Watts
The development of children’s rights — John Tobin
The ‘child’ in utero and ex utero — Pam Stewart and Anita Stuhmcke
Developmental science, child development and the law — Jeanette Lawrence and Agnes Dodds
Child maltreatment — Judy Cashmore and Briony Horsfall
The child, the young person and the law — Anna Copeland and Jo Goodie
PART II – CHILDREN AND PUBLIC LAW ISSUES
The criminal responsibility of children — Thomas Crofts
Young people and juvenile justice — Chris Cuneen
Protecting children from abuse and neglect — Allison Silink
E-safety: Protecting children from cyberbullying, sexting and privacy invasion — Normann Witzleb and Thomas Crofts
Migrant and non-citizen children — Mary Anne Kenny and Mary Crock
Education of children — preschool to secondary education — Joan Squelch
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s welfare and well-being — Terri Libesman and Kyllie Cripps
PART III – CHILDREN AND PRIVATE LAW ISSUES
Compensation for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse in Australia: Tortious rights and challenges for reform — Allison Silink and Pam Stewart
Children and ‘family’ law — Lisa Young
Adoption — Geoffrey Monahan and Jennifer Hyatt
Surrogacy — John Pascoe
Medical treatment — Brenda McGivern
Civil liability of children — Geoffrey Monahan
Children and succession — Kay Maxwell
PART IV – CHILDREN IN COURT
Child witnesses — Judy Cashmore
Legal representation of children — Nicola Ross
Appendix — Practical Scenarios — National Children’s and Youth Law Centre