The case for the child : towards a new agenda / edited by Ya'ir Ronen, Charles W. Greenbaum. - xxii, 334 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to a New Agenda for Children: From Mixed Success in the Past to Future Progress / Conceptual Underpinnings: The Best Interests of the Child -- Rethinking Childhood: The Inclusion of Children's Voice / An Introductory Note on Law's Responsiveness to the Child's Suffering and the Construction of a New Agenda for Children / The Best Interests of the Child and Spousal Laws / Matching Human Dignity with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child / Social Welfare Perspectives and the New Agenda for the Child -- Re-Envisioning "Child Welfare" as a New Agenda for the Child / Children's Rights and the Child Welfare Paradigm: A Comparative Analysis / Children's Rights in Cultural and Religious Contexts -- Improving the Lives of Street Youth of Latin America: Towards the Construction of a New Agenda for Developmental Research and Practice / The Legal Status of the Jewish Child: The Interaction Between Law and Morality / Establishing Child Custody in Rabbinical Courts: Transition from Religious Obligation to Cultural Duty / Protecting and Empowering the Child -- Protection Versus Autonomy: The Child Abduction Experience / Removing Rights from Adolescents / Ya'ir Ronen, Charles W. Greenbaum -- Anne B. Smith -- Ya'ir Ronen -- Shahar Lipshitz -- Judith Karp -- Susan Brooks -- Tovah Lichtenstein -- Silvia H. Koller, Marcela Raffaelli -- Yehiel S. Kaplan -- Israel Z. Gilat, Shlomo Romi -- Rhona Shuz -- Michael Freeman. 1. Part I. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part II. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. 10. Part IV. 11. 12.

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Children's rights.

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