Children as Equals Exploring the Rights of the Child

by Alaimo, Kathleen; Klug, Brian; Pais, Marta Santos; Cohen, Cynthia Price; Flekkøy, Målfrid Grude; Ladd, Rosalind Ekman; Bellon, Christina M.; Tanenhaus, David S.; Smith, Joan M.; Pitts, Lewis; R. Levesque, Roger J.; Kitchen, Sara Ellen; Lenzer, Gertrud

• ISBN13: 9780761823018
• ISBN10: 0761823018
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-29
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Children as Equals explores the subject of children's rights. The twelve chapters are written by authors whose disciplines include history, law, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Marta Santos Pais
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
Kathleen Alaimo
Brian Klug
Historical Roots of Children's Rights in Europe and the United States	1	(24)
Kathleen Alaimo
Wendy and Peter Pan: Exploring the Concept of the Child	25	(24)
Brian Klug
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Developing International Norms to Create a New World for Children	49	(24)
Cynthia Price Cohen
Psychology and the Rights of the Child	73	(16)
Malfrid Grude Flekkoy
Rights of the Child: A Philosophical Approach	89	(14)
Rosalind Ekman Ladd
The Promise of Rights for Children: Best Interests and Evolving Capacities	103	(24)
Christina M. Bellon
Creating the Child, Constructing the State: People v. Turner, 1870	127	(18)
David S. Tanenhaus
A Child-Centered Jurisprudence: Reconciling the Rights of Children and Parents Within the Family	145	(20)
Joan M. Smith
The Right to Be Heard: The Child as a Legal Person	165	(18)
Lewis Pitts
Child Advocacy in the United States and the Power of International Human Rights Law	183	(14)
Roger J. R. Levesque
Children's Rights in the Curriculum	197	(10)
Sara Ellen Kitchen
Children's Studies and the Human Rights of Children: Toward A Unified Approach	207	(20)
Gertrud Lenzer
Appendix United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)	227	(30)
Suggestions for Further Reading	257	(4)
Index	261	(6)
About the Contributors	267