Balancing a child's best interests and a child's views

International Journal of Children's Rights

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Archard, David ^a   Skivenes, Marit ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Authoritative; Best interests; Competence; Consultative; Gillick; Views; Weighting

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849100336     PISSN: 09275568     EISSN: 15718182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157181808X358276     Document Type: Article

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