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The Human Rights Act 1998—how will it affect child law in England and Wales?
Author(s) -
Cleave Gillian
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
child abuse review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-0852
pISSN - 0952-9136
DOI - 10.1002/1099-0852(200011/12)9:6<394::aid-car656>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , law , human rights , wish , political science , sociology , communication , anthropology
This article gives a brief introduction to the Human Rights Act 1998. It discusses some of the ways that it may affect child law proceedings, particularly care proceedings, in the future. It suggests aspects which professionals involved in such proceedings may wish to consider when called upon to assist the Court. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.