Vulnerability, Childhood and the Law By: Jonathan Herring Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783319786858, 3319786857 eText ISBN: 9783319786865, 3319786865 Copyright year: 2018 Format: EPUB Available from $ 54.99 USD SKU 9783319786865 This book will challenge the orthodox view that children cannot have the same rights as adults because they are particularly vulnerable. It will argue that we should treat adults and children in the same way as the child liberationists claim. However, the basis of that claim is not that children are more competent than we traditionally given them credit for, but rather that adults are far less competent than we give them credit for. It is commonly assumed that children are more vulnerable. That is why we need to have a special legal regime for children. Children cannot have all the same rights as adults and need especial protect from harms. While in the 1970s “child liberationi Download ebook: https://ouo.io/wKOjb5m
