Includes index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Part one: Theoretical perspectives and international sources -- Theoretical perspectives -- International children's rights -- Part two: Promoting consultation and decision-making -- Adolescent decision-making, gillick and parents -- Child runaways, emancipation and rights to support -- Adolescent decision-making and health care -- Promoting consultation and decision-making in schools -- Children involvement in family proceedings - rights to representation -- Children in court - their welfare, wishes and feelings -- Part three: Children's right versus family privacy-physical punishment and financial support -- Parents' decisions and children's health rights -- Education rights for children in minority groups -- Educational rights for children with disabilities -- Children's right to know their parents-the significance of the blood tie -- Children's right to know and be brought up by their parents -- An abused child's right to state protection -- Right to protection in state care and to state accountability -- The Right of abused children to protection by t he criminal law -- Protecting the rights of young offenders -- Conclusion-themes and the way ahead.