The Best Child Advocacy Law Books 2024

1. Pre-Owned The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care (National Book Award Finalist) (Paperback) 0679758348 9780679758341

IIn 1973, a young ACLU attorney filed a controversial class-action lawsuit that challenged New York City's operation of its foster-care system. The plaintiff was an abused runaway named Shirley Wilder who had suffered from the system's inequities. Wilder , as the case came to be known, was waged for two and a half decades, becoming a battleground for the conflicts of race, religion, and politics that shape America's child-welfare system. The Lost Children of Wilder gives us the galvanizing history of this landmark case and the personal story at its core. Nina Bernstein takes us behind the scenes of far-reaching legal and legislative battles, but she also traces the life of Shirley Wilder and her son, Lamont, born when Shirley was only fourteen and relinquished to the very system being challenged in her name. Bernstein's account of Shirley and Lamont's struggles captures the heartbreaking consequences of the child welfare system's best intentions and deepest flaws. In the tradition of There Are No Children Here , this is a major achievement of investigative journalism and a tour de force of social observation, a gripping book that will haunt every reader who cares about the needs of children.

ISBN13: 9780679758341 ISBN10: 0679758348 Format: Paperback Author: Nina Bernstein Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: 2002-02-05T00:00:00.000Z Pages: 496

2. Pre-Owned Abandoned to the State: Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages. (Paperback) 1564321916 9781564321916

Abandoned to the State: Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages. by Hunt, Kathleen; Human Rights Watch

Title: Abandoned to the State: Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages. ISBN10: 1564321916 EAN: 9781564321916 Author: Hunt, Kathleen; Human Rights Watch CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

3. Pre-Owned The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb, Founder of Save the Children (Paperback) 185168722X 9781851687220

An unconventional biography of an unconventional woman. Eglantyne Jebb, not particularly fond of children herself, nevertheless dedicated her life to establishing Save the Children and promoting her revolutionary concept of human rights. In this award-winning book, Clare Mulley brings to life this brilliant, charismatic, and passionate woman, whose work took her between drawing rooms and war zones, defying convention and breaking the law. Eglantyne Jebb not only helped save millions of lives, she also permanently changed the way the world treats children.

Title: The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb, Founder of Save the Children Book Format: Paperback ISBN10: 185168722X EAN: 9781851687220 Author: Mulley, Clare CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

4. Pre-Owned A Life Like Mine (Hardcover) 0789488590 9780789488596

After ten years of study and consultation, UNICEF, the premier organization devoted to the care and welfare of the world's children, published the results of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Using these tenets as a base, A Life Like Mine profiles children from all over the globe leading their lives in different and fascinating ways. The challenges of nations both developed and developing are revealed in the stories and photographs in this special volume. DK and UNICEF have combined their inspirational forces to provide remarkable insight into children's lives.

Title: A Life Like Mine ISBN10: 0789488590 EAN: 9780789488596 Author: DK CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

5. Pre-Owned Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanges. Children (Paperback) 1564321630 9781564321633

Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanges. Children by Human Rights Watch / Asia

Title: Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanges. Children ISBN10: 1564321630 EAN: 9781564321633 Author: Human Rights Watch / Asia CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

6. Pre-Owned Taking Responsibility for Children (Paperback) 1554580153 9781554580156

What do we as a society, and as parents in particular, owe to our children? Each chapter in Taking Responsibility for Children offers part of an answer to that question. Although they vary in the approaches they take and the conclusions they draw, each contributor explores some aspect of the moral obligations owed to children by their caregivers. Some focus primarily on the responsibilities of parents, while others focus on the responsibilities of society and government. The essays reflect a mix of concern with the practical and the philosophical aspects of taking responsibility for children, addressing such topics as parental obligations, the rights and entitlements of children, the responsibility of the state, the role and nature of public education in a liberal society, the best ways to ensure adequate child protection, the licensing of parents, children's religious education, and children's health. Taking Responsibility for Children will be of interest to philosophers, advocates for children's interests, and those interested in public policy, especially as it relates to children and families.

Title: Taking Responsibility for Children Book Format: Paperback ISBN10: 1554580153 EAN: 9781554580156 Genre: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

7. Pre-Owned Children at Risk, My Fight Against Child Abuse: A Personal Story and a Public Plea (Hardcover) 091756118X 9780917561184

Children at Risk, My Fight Against Child Abuse: A Personal Story and a Public Plea by Hawkins, Paula

Title: Children at Risk, My Fight Against Child Abuse: A Personal Story and a Public Plea ISBN10: 091756118X EAN: 9780917561184 Genre: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse Author: Hawkins, Paula CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

8. Pre-Owned Children's Rights: Today's Global Challenge (Paperback) 1442249838 9781442249837

This accessible and authoritative book provides the first systematic overview of the global children's rights movement. It introduces both beginners and experts to child and youth rights in all their theoretical, historical, cultural, political, and practical complexity. In the process, the book examines key controversies about globalization, cultural relativism, social justice, power, economics, politics, freedom, ageism, and more. Combining vivid examples with cutting-edge scholarship, Children's Rights: Today's Global Challenge lifts up the rights of the youngest third of humanity as the major human rights challenge of the twenty-first century.

Title: Children's Rights: Today's Global Challenge Book Format: Paperback ISBN10: 1442249838 EAN: 9781442249837 Genre: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies Author: Wall, John CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

9. Pre-Owned Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream (Paperback) 0889774013 9780889774018

Children of the Broken Treaty exposes a system of apartheid in Canada that led to the largest youth-driven human rights movement in the country's history. The movement was inspired by Shannen Koostachin, a young Cree woman whom George Stroumboulopoulos named as one of "five teenage girls who kicked ass in history." All Shannen wanted was a decent education. She found an ally in Charlie Angus, who had no idea she was going to change his life and inspire others to change the country. Based on extensive documentation assembled from Freedom of Information requests, Angus establishes a dark, unbroken line that extends from the policies of John A. Macdonald to the government of today. He provides chilling insight into how Canada--through breaches of treaties, broken promises, and callous neglect--deliberately denied First Nations children their basic human rights.

Title: Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream Book Format: Paperback ISBN10: 0889774013 EAN: 9780889774018 Genre: EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs Author: Angus, Charlie CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

10. Pre-Owned Child Rights & Remedies, 2nd Ed. (Paperback) 0932863477 9780932863478

Child Rights & Remedies provides a comprehensive rights-based analysis of how the U.S. legal system, in both its legal and political dimensions, is affecting American children. It examines the barriers to child- sensitive public policy, and the true legal status of children with regard to poverty, education, health, special needs, child care, child abuse, juvenile crime and detention, reproductive rights, custody and civil liberties. Backing up an extensive legal reference to over 190 leading cases with probing commentaries and the most recent statistics reflecting the socio-economic circumstances of children, Child Rights & Remedies serves as a unique tool for all who are concerned about the well-being of the nation's children, and seek politico-legal means to improve it. " an extraordinarily comprehensive and thought provoking text on Children's Rights and Remedies. This text is a must read for all child advocates who wish to advance the rights of children."MAUREEN FARRELL-STEVENSON, President, National Association of Counsel for Children

Title: Child Rights & Remedies, 2nd Ed. ISBN10: 0932863477 EAN: 9780932863478 Author: Last, First CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.