Children

Children: Rights and Childhood is widely regarded as the first book to offer a detailed philosophical examination of children¿s rights. David Archard provides a clear and accessible introduction to a topic that has assumed increasing relevance since the book¿s ?rst publication. Divided clearly into three parts, it covers key topics such as:

• John Locke¿s writings on children
• Philippe Ari¿s Centuries of Childhood
• children¿s moral and legal rights
• a child¿s right to vote and to sexual choice
• parental rights to privacy and autonomy
• defining and understanding child abuse.

The third edition has been fully revised and updated throughout with a new chapter providing an in-depth analysis of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and Part 2 has been restructured to move the reader from general theoretical considerations of children¿s rights through to practical issues. This