CHILDREN, FAMILY AND THE STATE.
Series: LIVE QUESTIONS IN ETHICS AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY
Publisher: ASHGATE
Published: 2003
Place of publication: ALDERSHOT
Language: und
Number of pages: 190
Description: "This book critically examines the moral and political status of the child by a consideration of three interrelated questions: What rights if any does the child have? What rights over and duties in respect of a child do parents have? What rights over and duties in respect of a child does the state have?

David Archard adopts three areas for particular discussion on the practical implications of the general theoretical issues: education, child protection policy, and the medical treatment of children. Providing a clear legal context and a sharper, contemporary discussion of the question of rights, this book presents a clear introduction to the key issues in the moral and political status of children."--Jacket.