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The Best interests of the child : reconciling culture and human rights

Title
The Best interests of the child : reconciling culture and human rights / edited by Philip Alston.
Publication
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Alston, Philip.
  • UNICEF. International Child Development Centre.
Description
xiii, 297 p.; 24 cm.
Uniform Title
International journal of law and the family.
Subject
  • Children > Legal status, laws, etc
  • International relations and culture
  • Human rights
Note
  • "UNICEF ... International Child Development Centre Florence, Italy."
  • "Special issue of the International journal of law and the family"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The best interests principle: towards a reconciliation of culture and human rights / Philip Alston--The best interests of the child: principles and problems / Stephen Parker--The interests of the child and the child's wishes: the role of dynamic self-determinism / John Eekelaar--Cultural transformation and normative consensus on the best interests of the child / Abdullahi An-Na'im--The concept of the child's best interests in the changing economic and social context of sub-Saharan Africa / B. Rwezaura--The best interests of the child: a South Asian perspective / Savitri Goonesekere--School and sadza: custody and the best interests of the child in Zimbabwe / Alice Armstrong--Custody and the best interests of the child: another view from Zimbabwe / Fareda Banda--The best interests of the child: the case of Burkina Faso / Akila Belembaogo--Modalities of the best interests principle in education / Adel Azer--The best interests principle in French law and practice / Jacqueline Rubellin-Devichi--The best interests of children and children's school experience in Japan: the parents' perspective / Satoshi Minamikata.
Call Number
JFE 95-2197
ISBN
0198259263 (paper)
LCCN
94016383
OCLC
30360600
Title
The Best interests of the child : reconciling culture and human rights / edited by Philip Alston.
Imprint
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Alston, Philip.
UNICEF. International Child Development Centre.
Added Title
International journal of law and the family.
Research Call Number
JFE 95-2197
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