Critical Judgment Projects: Children’s Rights Judgment Projects
This project involved academics revisiting existing case law from a range of legal disciplines and redrafting judgments from a children’s rights perspective. Each judgment is accompanied by a commentary on the historical and legal context of the case and the rationale behind the revised the judgment. The 28 judgments consider a range of legal issues, including medical decision-making, public authorities and family life from a number of jurisdictions (including Australia, England, Canada, USA, South Africa) and supranational courts. They are published in a collection edited by Helen Stalford, Kathryn Hollingsworth and Stephen Gilmore, Rewriting Children’s Rights Judgments: From Academic Vision to New Practice (Hart Publishing, 2017).
Available Extracts:
This online extract contains: Helen Stalford, Kathryn Hollingsworth and Stephen Gilmore, ‘Introducing Children’s Rights Judgments’; and ‘Re X and Y (Foreign Surrogacy) [2008] EWHC 3030 (Fam)’ – commentary by Emma Walmsley and judgment by Jo Bridgeman
Sue Farran, ‘The Case of Jon Hudson, December 1783’ (preprint version)
Aoife Daly, ‘Rewriting of the Castle Case’
Lucinda Ferguson, ‘Commentary on Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v Canada’ (preprint version)
Reviews:
Commentary/Other Resources:
Meda Couzens, ‘Le Roux v Dey and Children's Rights Approaches to Judging’ (2018) 21 PER
Helen Stalford and Kathryn Hollingsworth, ‘Judging Parental Child Abduction: What does it Mean to Adopt a Children’s Rights-based Approach?’ in Gillian Douglas, Mervyn Murch and Victoria Stephens (eds), International and National Perspectives on Child and Family Law : Essays in Honour of Nigel Lowe (Intersentia, 2018)