Best Interests of the Child Reconciling Culture and Human Rights

Name: Best Interests of the Child Reconciling Culture and Human Rights
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ISBN: 9780198259268

ISBN-10: 0198259263

ISBN-13: 9780198259268

Edition: 1994

Authors: Philip Alston

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The 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is the world's most widely ratified international human rights treaty. It thus provides an ideal context in which to examine the relationship between different cultural values and the interntional community's oft-stated aspiration to achieve universal human rights standards. This volume focuses upon a widely accepted family law principle according to which "the best interests of the child" shall be "a primary consideration...in all actions concerning children." Through a combination of broad theoretical analyses and country-specific case studies the distinguished contributors demonstrate that cultural values are inevitably a…

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List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/15/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.13" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English

Conceptual Issues
The Best Interests Principle: Towards a Reconciliation of Culture and Human Rights
The Best Interests of the Child - Principles and Problems
The Interests of the Child and the Child's Wishes: The Role of Dynamic Self-Determinism
Cultural Transformation and Normative Consensus on the Best Interests of the Child
The Concept of the Child's Best Interests in the Changing Economic and Social Context of Sub-Saharan Africa
Applying the Principle in National Contexts
The Best Interests of the Child: A South Asian Perspective
School and Sadza: Custody and the Best Interests of the Child in Zimbabwe
Custody and the Best Interests of the Child
Another View from Zimbabwe
The Best Interests of the Child - The Case of Burkina Faso
Modalities of the Best Interests Principle in education
The Best Interests Principle in French Law and Practice
The Best Interests of Children and Children's School Experience in Japan
Index
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