國立虎尾科技大學 |

Vulnerability, childhood and the law

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Vulnerability, childhood and the law/ by Jonathan Herring.
Author:	Herring, Jonathan.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2018.,
Description:	vi, 70 p. :digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Capacity and disability. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78686-5
ISBN:	9783319786865

Vulnerability, childhood and the law
Herring, Jonathan.

Vulnerability, childhood and the law[electronic resource] /by Jonathan Herring. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - vi, 70 p. :digital ;24 cm. - SpringerBriefs in law,2192-855X. - SpringerBriefs in law..

This book will challenge the orthodox view that children cannot have the same rights as adults because they are particularly vulnerable. It will argue that we should treat adults and children in the same way as the child liberationists claim. However, the basis of that claim is not that children are more competent than we traditionally given them credit for, but rather that adults are far less competent than we give them credit for. It is commonly assumed that children are more vulnerable. That is why we need to have a special legal regime for children. Children cannot have all the same rights as adults and need especial protect from harms. While in the 1970s "child liberationists" mounted a sustained challenge to this image, arguing that childhood was a form of slavery and that the assumption that children lacked capacity was unsustainable. This movement has significantly fallen out of favour, particularly given increasing awareness of child abuse and the multiple ways that children can be harmed at the hands of adults. This book will explore the concept of vulnerability, the way it used to undermine the interests of children and our assumptions that adults are not vulnerable in the same way that children are. It will argue that a law based around mutual vulnerability can provide an approach which avoids the need to distinguish adults and children.

ISBN: 9783319786865

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-78686-5doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

895728
Capacity and disability.

LC Class. No.: K639 / .H47 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 341.48572

Vulnerability, childhood and the law
LDR:02317nam a2200313 a 4500 001 925116
003 DE-He213
005 20181005111956.0
006 m d
007 cr nn 008maaau
008 190625s2018 gw s 0 eng d
020 $a 9783319786865 $q (electronic bk.)
020 $a 9783319786858 $q (paper)
024 7 $a 10.1007/978-3-319-78686-5 $2 doi
035 $a 978-3-319-78686-5
040 $a GP $c GP
041 0 $a eng
050 4 $a K639 $b .H47 2018
072 7 $a JPVH $2 bicssc
072 7 $a LAW051000 $2 bisacsh
082 0 4 $a 341.48572 $2 23
090 $a K639 $b .H567 2018
100 1 $a Herring, Jonathan. $3 565692
245 1 0 $a Vulnerability, childhood and the law $h [electronic resource] / $c by Jonathan Herring.
260 $a Cham : $c 2018. $b Springer International Publishing : $b Imprint: Springer,
300 $a vi, 70 p. : $b digital ; $c 24 cm.
490 1 $a SpringerBriefs in law, $x 2192-855X
520 $a This book will challenge the orthodox view that children cannot have the same rights as adults because they are particularly vulnerable. It will argue that we should treat adults and children in the same way as the child liberationists claim. However, the basis of that claim is not that children are more competent than we traditionally given them credit for, but rather that adults are far less competent than we give them credit for. It is commonly assumed that children are more vulnerable. That is why we need to have a special legal regime for children. Children cannot have all the same rights as adults and need especial protect from harms. While in the 1970s "child liberationists" mounted a sustained challenge to this image, arguing that childhood was a form of slavery and that the assumption that children lacked capacity was unsustainable. This movement has significantly fallen out of favour, particularly given increasing awareness of child abuse and the multiple ways that children can be harmed at the hands of adults. This book will explore the concept of vulnerability, the way it used to undermine the interests of children and our assumptions that adults are not vulnerable in the same way that children are. It will argue that a law based around mutual vulnerability can provide an approach which avoids the need to distinguish adults and children.
650 0 $a Capacity and disability. $3 895728
650 0 $a Children $x Legal status, laws, etc. $3 574998
650 0 $a Children and adults $x Legal status, laws, etc. $3 1202567
650 1 4 $a Law. $3 671705
650 2 4 $a Human Rights. $3 883254
650 2 4 $a Childhood, Adolescence and Society. $3 1019824
650 2 4 $a Law and Psychology. $3 668191
650 2 4 $a Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. $3 883676
650 2 4 $a Philosophy of Law. $3 671683
650 2 4 $a Child Well-being. $3 1067933
710 2 $a SpringerLink (Online service) $3 593884
773 0 $t Springer eBooks
830 0 $a SpringerBriefs in law. $3 883675
856 4 0 $u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78686-5
950 $a Law and Criminology (Springer-41177)