Preface
Introduction Michael Freeman;
The Ageing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Philip E. Veerman;
Not Merely Rights for Children but Children's Rights: The Theory Gap and the Assumption of the Importance of Children's Rights Lucinda Ferguson;
The Long Awaited: Past Futures of Children's Rights Anne McGillivray;
Children's Rights Research Moving into the Future - Challenges on the Way Forward Ann Quennerstedt;
Economic and Social Rights, Budgets and the Convention on the Rights of the Child Aoife Nolan;
Ending the Physical Punishment of Children by Parents in the English-speaking World: The Impact of Language, Tradition and Law Bernadette J. Saunders;
The Third Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? - Challenges Arising Transforming the Rhetoric into Reality Rhona Smith;
A Child's Right to Enjoy Benefits of Scientific Progress and Its Applications Brian Gran, Margaret Waltz and Holly Renzhofer;
International Human Rights Standards and Child Imprisonment: Potentialities and Limitations Barry Goldson and Ursula Kilkelly;
Authors of Their Own Lives? Children, Contracts, Their Responsibilities, Rights and Citizenship Tom Cockburn;
Justifying Children's Rights John Tobin;
Incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Law: A Comparative Review Laura Lundy, Ursula Kilkelly, Bronagh Byrne;
Children with Disabilities: A Critical Appraisal Maya Sabatello;
Building the 'Big Society': Exploring Representations of Young People and Citizenship in the National Citizen Service Kate Bacon, Sam Frankel, Keith Faulks;
Reflections on the UNCRC's Future from a Transdisciplinary Bricoleur Richard C. Mitchell;
Reconceptualising the Child's Right to Development: Children and the Capability Approach Noam Peleg;
Implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child for 'Youth': Who and How? Ellen Desmet;
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