Children's Rights in Scotland

This book addresses the law and practice in Scotland and its significance for children, parents and their legal, and other, advisers. Children#s Rights in Scotland analyses child law in the light of international conventions and, in particular, The European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The 3rd edition has been comprehensively revised totake into account recent developments and new chapters have been added to cover immigration and asylum, the protection of children from sexual exploitation and children and the media.

Children#s rights in Scotland - where are we? The history and philosophy of children#s rights in Scotland. Children#s rights and international instruments. Equal opportunities? Race, gender, disability and children. The child#s identity. Care of the child within the family. Child abduction. The child#s right to care and protection. Adoption. The child#s right to be heard and represented in legal proceedings. Medical treatment. The child#s right to education. The school of hard knocks: employment of children. Protection from sexual exploitation. The child and the media. Asylum and Immigration.The child in conflict with the law.