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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tragedy of Children´s Rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate
Barbara Bennett Woodhouse
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Description for Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tragedy of Children´s Rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate
Paperback. Tells the tragic story of children's rights in America. This title asks why the United States, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Hidden in Plain Sight tells the tragic untold story of children's rights in America. It asks why the United States today, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This book is a call to arms for America to again be a leader in human rights, and to join the rest of the civilized world in recognizing that the thirst for justice is not for adults alone. Barbara Bennett Woodhouse explores the meaning of children's rights throughout American history, interweaving the childhood stories of iconic figures ... Read more
Hidden in Plain Sight tells the tragic untold story of children's rights in America. It asks why the United States today, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This book is a call to arms for America to again be a leader in human rights, and to join the rest of the civilized world in recognizing that the thirst for justice is not for adults alone. Barbara Bennett Woodhouse explores the meaning of children's rights throughout American history, interweaving the childhood stories of iconic figures ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
The Public Square
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691146218
SKU
V9780691146218
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About Barbara Bennett Woodhouse
Barbara Bennett Woodhouse is the L.Q.C. Lamar Professor of Law and codirector of the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory Law School. She is also the David H. Levin Chair Emeritus in Family Law at the University of Florida.
Reviews for Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tragedy of Children´s Rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate
Winner of the 2009 APSA's Best Book Award, Human Rights Section "With this thoroughly annotated, well-written book, Woodhouse performs an admirable job in helping readers to understand the complicated and ambiguous issue of children's rights in the US. Documenting some of the most egregious examples of the abuse and neglect of children with stories both personal and universal, she leads ... Read more