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Children : rights and childhood / David Archard.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 272 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415305839 (hbk.) :
  • 9780415305846 (pbk.) :
  • 9780415305839
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.23 ARC
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.87 .A73 2004
Contents:
1.John Locke\'s children -- 2.The concept of childhood -- 3.The modern conception of childhood -- 4.Children\'s rights, moral and legal -- 5.Liberation or caretaking? -- 6.Arbitrariness and incompetence -- 7.Children\'s rights to vote and sexual choice -- 8.The wrongs of children\'s rights -- 9.Children under the law -- 10.Bearing and rearing -- 11.Family and state -- 12.Parental rights to privacy and autonomy -- 13.Collectivisim -- 14.The problem of child ab use -- 15.Conclusion: a modest collectivist proposal.
Summary: Widely regarded as the first book to offer a detailed philosophical examination of the rights of children. David Archard has updated & expanded the text, with new material on the moral & legal rights of children, & how international law has changed in relation to children.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 305.23 ARC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 209584
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 305.23 ARC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 129761
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 305.23 ARC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 129763

Previous ed.: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.John Locke\'s children -- 2.The concept of childhood -- 3.The modern conception of childhood -- 4.Children\'s rights, moral and legal -- 5.Liberation or caretaking? -- 6.Arbitrariness and incompetence -- 7.Children\'s rights to vote and sexual choice -- 8.The wrongs of children\'s rights -- 9.Children under the law -- 10.Bearing and rearing -- 11.Family and state -- 12.Parental rights to privacy and autonomy -- 13.Collectivisim -- 14.The problem of child ab use -- 15.Conclusion: a modest collectivist proposal.

Widely regarded as the first book to offer a detailed philosophical examination of the rights of children. David Archard has updated & expanded the text, with new material on the moral & legal rights of children, & how international law has changed in relation to children.

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