A History of Scottish Child Protection Law
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A History of Scottish Child Protection Law

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  2. English
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A History of Scottish Child Protection Law

About this book

The first comprehensive account of how the law and practice of child protection in Scotland has developed from its earliest origins to the present day, within the context of a changing world Key Features Places the Scottish juvenile court in worldwide perspective and explores why the juvenile court ideals remain central to the contemporary children's hearing system in Scotland, dealing with both child offenders and neglected and abused children.Gives detailed analysis of the legislation and explores the parliamentary debates surrounding Acts including the Children Act 1908, the Adoption of Children (Scotland) Act 1930, the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Acts 1932 and 1937, the Children Act 1948, the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014Preserves in accessible form many long-forgotten legal and social aims, cases and secondary legislation Kenneth Norrie traces the assumptions that underlay child protection law at particular periods of time and identifies the pressures for change – giving a clearer understanding of how and why the contemporary law is designed and operates as it does. Particular issues are traced in legislative detail, including court processes, the changing thresholds for state intervention, the increasing regulation of children's homes and foster care, the developing rules on corporal punishment and the earlier practice of compulsory emigration to the colonies of children removed from their parents. The transformation of adoption is also covered in comprehensive detail. In drawing out key themes and common threads, Norrie sets contemporary developments against their historical context and offers a fuller understanding of child protection law in Scotland.

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Yes, you can access A History of Scottish Child Protection Law by Kenneth McK. Norrie in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Law & British History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781474444194
Edition
0
Topic
Law
Subtopic
British History
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Expanded Table of Contents
  5. Table of Cases
  6. Table of Statutes
  7. Table of Statutory Instruments
  8. Foreword
  9. Introduction
  10. 1. The Statutory Framework before 1968
  11. 2. The Statutory Framework after 1968
  12. 3. Child Protection through the Criminal Law
  13. 4. The Legal Process before 1968: The Juvenile Court
  14. 5. The Legal Process in the Modern Era: Scotland’s Children’s Hearing System
  15. 6. Home Supervision
  16. 7. Boarding-out and Fostering by Public Authorities
  17. 8. Institutional Care
  18. 9. Emergency and Interim Protection
  19. 10. Aftercare
  20. 11. Emigration of Children
  21. 12. Adoption of Children
  22. Index