Child law /
Geoffrey Shannon.
- 2nd ed.
- Dublin : Thomson Reuters (Round Hall), 2010.
- cxx, 1236 p. : forms ; 26 cm.
- The Brehon library .
- Brehon library. .
Previous ed.: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.The legal status of the child in Irish society -- 2.International and European community law -- 3.Education -- 4.Safeguarding the welfare of children in need -- 5.Options for care: foster care and placement with relatives -- 6.Reisdential care -- 7.Child care: general and miscellaneous matters -- 8.The involvement of children in the court process -- 9.Adoption -- 10.Child abduction -- 11.Children and the criminal justice system -- 12.Guardianship, custody, welfare and access protecting the welfare of the child in family disputes -- 13.Maintenance for children -- 14.Child sexual abuse -- 15.Migrant children, child refugees and asylum seekers, separated children and trafficked children -- 16.The future of the family and the child in Irish law.