Description |
1 online resource (xii, 364 pages) |
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Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Parent and child (Law) -- United States.
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Parent and child (Law) |
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United States. |
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Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Guardian and ward -- United States.
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Guardian and ward. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Subject |
Children. |
Other Form: |
Print version: Dwyer, James G., 1961- Relationship rights of children. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2005037956 |
ISBN |
9780511219481 |
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0511219482 |
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9780521862240 (hardback) |
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0521862248 (hardback) |
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0511220405 (electronic book) |
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9780511220401 (electronic book) |
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051122141X (electronic book) |
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9780511221415 (electronic book) |
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1280516232 |
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9781280516238 |
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0511220162 |
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9780511220166 |
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0511219482 |
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0521862248 (hardback) |
Standard No. |
139780511221415 |
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