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What's Wrong with Children's Rights.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (321 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674264106
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: What's Wrong with Children's RightsDDC classification:
  • 323.3/52/0973
LOC classification:
  • HQ789
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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.
Summary: From foster care to adoption to visitation rights and beyond, Guggenheim offers an analysis of the most significant debates in the children's rights movement. He argues that "children's rights" can serve as a screen for the interests of adults, who may have more to gain than the children for whom they claim to speak.
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Intro -- 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.

From foster care to adoption to visitation rights and beyond, Guggenheim offers an analysis of the most significant debates in the children's rights movement. He argues that "children's rights" can serve as a screen for the interests of adults, who may have more to gain than the children for whom they claim to speak.

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