Social Laws and Child Rights

Contents: Preface. 1. Children’s rights in society. 2.  Early childhood and education and law. 3. Child benefit in different countries. 4. Social security. 5. Arranged marriage and society. 6. Age of majority. 7. Voting age. 8. Marriageable age. 9. Family educational rights and privacy act. 10. Protection of children act 1978. 11. Sexual offences act 2003. Index.

Children’s rights are the perceived human rights of children with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to the young, including their right to association with both biological parents, human identity as well as the basic needs for food, universal state paid education, health care and criminal laws appropriate for the age and development of the child.