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Vulnerability, Childhood and the Law

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Vulnerability, Childhood and the Law

By Jonathan Herring

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About the book

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 ...Show more

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9783319786858

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Springer International Publishing AG

Published year

2018

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1

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Vulnerability, Childhood and the Law

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Paperback

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