Playing catch-up in the schoolyard? Children and young people's 'voice' and education rights in the UK

International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-366

  Harris, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349598134     PISSN: 13609939     EISSN: 14643707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/lawfam/ebp007     Document Type: Article

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