The relationship rights of children /
This is a philosophical analysis of a legal topic. It uses welfare-based and autonomy-based moral theories to develop a theory of what rights children should have when the legal system makes decisions about their family relationships.
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; The Relationship Rights of Children; Introduction; 1 Why Rights for Children?; 2 The Existing Relationship Rights of Children; 3 Paradigmatic Relationship Rights; 4 Why Adults Have the Relationship Rights They Do; 5 Extending the Theoretical Underpinnings of Relationship Rights to Children; 6 Rebutting Defenses of the Status Quo; 7 Implementing Children's Moral Rights in Law; 8 Applications; Appendix: The Conceptual Possibility of Children Having Rights; Notes; Index.
