Children Law: An Interdisciplinary Handbook

This is a major new work for lawyers and other professionals working with children in the family justice system in the UK. It provides an extensive range of primary and other reference materials, the most important of which are annotated. The work is divided into six main parts: International, Human Rights and European Union law; statutes; statutory instruments; case law; practice directions; and other non-legal materials. A detailed introductory commentary is provided for each of the main divisions together with authoritative overviews of the main legislative and procedural provisions: the Children Act 1989; Adoption legislation; the Human Rights Act 1998; and the Family Proceedings Rules 1991.