| Children, Autonomy and the Courts: Beyond the Right to Be Heard Contributor(s): Daly (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004355812 ISBN-13: 9789004355811 Publisher: Brill Nijhoff OUR PRICE: $233.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | International - Political Science | Human Rights - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - School Age |
| Series: Stockholm Studies in Child Law and Children's Rights |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.75 lbs) 468 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book Aoife Daly argues that where courts decide children's best interests (for example about parental contact) the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child's "right to be heard" is insufficient, and autonomy should instead be the focus. Global law and practice indicate that children are regularly denied due process rights in their own best interest proceedings and find their wishes easily overridden. It is argued that a children's autonomy principle, respecting children's wishes unless significant harm would likely result, would ensure greater support for children in proceedings, and greater obligations on adults to engage in transparent decision-making. This book is a call for a reconceptualisation of the status of children in a key area of children's rights. |