(Source: Routledge)
Routledge has published a new
book on the history of child protection law, focused on the Republic of
Ireland.
ABOUT THE BOOK
This book examines how child
protection law has been shaped by the transition to late modernity and how it
copes with the ever-changing concept of risk.
The book traces the evolution of
the contemporary child protection system through historical changes, assessing
the factors that have influenced the development of legal responses to abuse
over a 130-year period. It does so by focussing on the Republic of Ireland
where child protection has become emblematic of wider social change. The work
draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources including legislation,
case law and official and media reports of child protection inquiries. It also
utilises insights developed through an extensive examination of parliamentary
debates on child protection matters. These materials are assessed through the
lens of critical discourse analysis to explore the relationship between law,
social policy and social theory as they effect child protection. While the book
utilises primarily Irish sources, this multidisciplinary approach ensures the
argument has international applicability.
The book will be a valuable
resource for all those with an interest in the development of child protection
law.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kieran Walsh is a
Senior Lecturer in Family and Child Law at the University of Portsmouth, UK.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Modernity,
Reflexivity, Risk And The Law;
Chapter 2: Threats, Victims And
Agents: Victorian Law Reform And The Beginning Of Modern Child Protection;
Chapter 3: Children In The
Constitutional Order Of Traditional Modernity;
Chapter 4: Children And Risk In
Independent Ireland, 1921-1970;
Chapter 5: The Twilight Of
Traditional Modernity: Children In Child Protection Law And Policy, 1970-1993;
Chapter 6: Children’s Rights And
Constitutional Change;
Chapter 7: Child Abuse And Risk
In A New Modernity: Child Protecion Law And Policy 1992 – 2006;
Chapter 8: Agents Of Change:
Children And Risk In Reflexive Modernity 2006-2017;
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