Children - Rights and Childhood (Archard David (Queen's University Belfast UK))(Paperback)

Children: Rights and Childhood is widely regarded as the first book to offer a detailed philosophical examination of children s rights. David Archard provides a clear and accessible introduction to a topic that has assumed increasing relevance since the book s rst publication. Divided clearly into three parts, it covers key topics such as: John Locke s writings on children Philippe Aries s Centuries of Childhood children s moral and legal rights a child s right to vote and to sexual choice parental rights to privacy and autonomy defining and understanding child abuse. The third edition has been fully revised and updated throughout with a new chapter providing an in-depth analysis of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and Part 2 has been restructured to move the reader from general theoretical
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