NCJ Number
15516
Editor(s)
A E WILKERSON
Date Published
1973
Length
332 pages
Annotation
TWENTY-ONE ESSAYS ON CHILD WELFARE AND THE LEGAL AND SOCIAL RIGHTS OF MINORS.
Abstract
THE ESSAYS IN THIS BOOK ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS WHICH DISCUSS THE CHILD AS A PERSON, GUARANTEES FOR THE CHILD, AND DECISIONS ABOUT THE CHILD. AMONG THE MAJOR ISSUES EXPLORED ARE RIGHTS IN CUSTODY, DECISIONS, RIGHTS TO SUPPORT AND INHERITANCE, RIGHTS IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW, THE RIGHT TO LEGITIMACY, THE RIGHT TO STABLE AND PROTECTIVE CARE, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE UNBORN. A COPY OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD IS ALSO INCLUDED.