(Source: Edinburgh University Press)
Edinburgh University Press is
publishing a book on the history of Scottish child protection law.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Kenneth Norrie traces the
assumptions that underlay child protection law at particular periods of time
and identifies the pressures for change – giving a clearer understanding of how
and why the contemporary law is designed and operates as it does.
Particular issues are traced in
legislative detail, including court processes, the changing thresholds for
state intervention, the increasing regulation of children’s homes and foster
care, the developing rules on corporal punishment and the earlier practice of compulsory
emigration to the colonies of children removed from their parents.
The transformation of adoption is
also covered in comprehensive detail. In drawing out key themes and common
threads, Norrie sets contemporary developments against their historical context
and offers a fuller understanding of child protection law in Scotland.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kenneth Norrie is Professor of
Law at Strathclyde Law School. He has taught Family Law for over 20 years, both
in Scotland and abroad and has written many of the major textbooks on the
subject, as well as numerous articles on child protection and same-sex
families. He has advised the Scottish Parliament on most of its recent family
law legislation and was a member of the children’s panel for ten years.
The table of contents, as well as
more info, can be found
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