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Risk, with its concern for investment in the future, is now a ubiquitous concept in many areas of policy and practice. This article traces the development of the investment agenda - with its...

Whilst children's welfare and wishes and feelings should be at the centre of court decision-making, in practice most children do not participate directly in decision-making processes in child...

The label 'young carers' is often applied to those children who support and care for parents with mental health problems. This paper reviews the range of research on the impact of parental...

This article considers how child pornography is defined in law. It explores the three elements of any definition - who is a child, what constitutes pornography and what material is covered -...

This article reflects on what we can learn about criminal justice policy and practice approaches to 'socially excluded' young men and women who are 'at risk' of offending, from detailed,...

This article explores the need for changes to Australia's post-separation parenting legislation and considers possible approaches to reform in light of the aim of ensuring 'psychologically healthy'...

The Children Act 1989 was built around the concept of parental responsibility, which was designed to promote parental decision-making about children, with the courts limited to making concrete...

In a decision endorsed by the Court of Appeal, the High Court in Hudson v Leigh (Status of Non-Marriage) has confirmed that English and Welsh law recognises the concept of non-marriage or non-existent...

This article assesses recent proposals for the reform of cohabitation law by drawing on two interdisciplinary empirical studies. The first, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice included a...

Teachers who engage in (consensual) sexual relations with their students commit serious offences as the law removes consent as a relevant factor in assessing teachers' guilt. The law thus...

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