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‘Droit de Regard au Nom de l'Etat’: The Juge des Enfants and Child Protection in France
Author(s) -
Foster MarieClaude
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1994.tb00425.x
Subject(s) - political science , child protection , law , sociology , humanities , art
SUMMARY: This paper, which looks at child protection in France, is based on a small study undertaken in a large city in France—the study was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The paper focuses on the work of the juge des enfants—a specialist judge who deals with juvenile delinquents and child protection. It considers the child protection role of the juge des enfants and discusses how the juge des enfants seems to operate outside the traditional judiciary system.