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CHILD AND FAMILY LAW QUARTERLY Vol 10, No 3, 1998

Date:30 SEP 2011

CHILD AND FAMILY LAW QUARTERLY

Vol 10, No 3, 1998

CONTENTS

Articles

The immunity of local authorities in child protection functions - Is the door now ajar? by Rebecca Bailey-Harris and Michael Harris 227

The wayward Americans - why the USA has not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by Susan Kilbourne 243

Cinderella's challenge - adjustment to stepfamilies in the 1990s by Galia Bar-Hava and Jan Pryor 257

Research

A moving target - care proceedings as a dynamic process by Joan Hunt 281

Family assistance orders - professional aspiration and party frustration by Liz Trinder and Nigel Stone 291

Case Commentary

W v Essex County Council Local authority liability for acts of children in foster care by Ken Oliphant 303

Re M (Adoption or Residence Order) ‘Adoption or Residence? Too many parents ... ?' by Diane Savas and Stephen Treece 311

R v London Borough of Hounslow ex parte R ‘He asked for it' - paedophiles and the homelessness legislation by Julia Fionda and David Cowan 321

Book Reviews 329

Books Received 337