Children’s Rights

Part I. Children’s Rights in Theory

1. Introduction
Mhairi Cowden

2. What Is Special about Children?
Mhairi Cowden

3. Why Children Do Not Have Rights
Mhairi Cowden

4. Capacity and Competence
Mhairi Cowden

5. Why Children Have Rights
Mhairi Cowden

Part II. Children’s Rights in Practice

6. A Right to Develop
Mhairi Cowden

7. A Right to Know
Mhairi Cowden

8. A Right to Medical Decision-Making
Mhairi Cowden

9. A Right to be Loved
Mhairi Cowden

10. A Future for Children’s Rights
Mhairi Cowden

Keywords: Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Human Rights, Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Childhood, Adolescence and Society