Product Description: How is religion, particularly non-Christianness, conceptualised and represented in English law? What is the relationship between religion, race, ethnicity and culture in these conceptualisations? What might be the socio-political effects of conceptualising religion in particular ways? This book addresses these key questions in two areas of law relating to children...read more

Product Description: This new book is a companion volume to Alistair MacDonald's The Rights of the Child: Law and Practice (ISBN 978 1 84661 210 7 / [2011]). It contains fully annotated versions of the primary and secondary source material which is cited and discussed in the prior volume, as applied to the domestic jurisdiction of the UK...read more

Product Description: The public inquiry that followed the death of Maria Colwell in 1973 had profound implications for the developing profession and practice of social work in the UK. This book describes the politics, professional concerns, and public interest—both local and national— that surrounded the inquiry and its aftermath, and it shows how the concerns of this landmark child abuse case still have not found a satisfactory resolution today...read more

Product Description: This book deals comprehensively with the law and practice of children's rights within the domestic jurisdiction of the UK, facilitating the consistent application of these rights in day-to-day legal practice. The book contains chapters dealing with each of the key rights and their application within the UK's domestic courts, as guaranteed by European and international instruments such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child...read more

Product Description: Children: The Modern Law is well-established as the leading textbook dealing comprehensively with UK law and policy relating to children, and is essential reading for students of child law, family law, and social work. This fourth edition has been extensively revised and updated to take account of significant UK legislation, case law, and other developments...read more