Interrogating the concentration on the UNCRC instead of the ECHR in the development of children's rights in England?

Children and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-153

  Lyon, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846904137     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2006.00074.x     Document Type: Review

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