American political and legal culture is uncomfortable with children's sexuality. While aware that sexual expression is a necessary part of human development, law rarely contemplates the complex ways in which it interacts with children and sexuality. Just as the law circumscribes children to a narrow range of roles--either as entirely sexless beings or victims or objects of harmful adult sexual conduct--so too does society tend to discount the notion of children as agents in the domain of sex and sexuality. Where a small body of rights related to sex has been carved out, the central...
American political and legal culture is uncomfortable with children's sexuality. While aware that sexual expression is a necessary part of human de...
Thirty years after the adoption of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, this book provides diverse, international perspectives on its implementation, critique and reform. It will be of significant interest to scholars and practitioners working in the areas of children’s rights and justice.
Thirty years after the adoption of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, this book provides diverse, international perspectives on its impleme...
