Justice and welfare: Has the children (Scotland) act 1995 shifted the balance?

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-63

  McGhee, Janice ^a   Waterhouse, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Hearings system; Justice; Minimum intervention; Partnership; Scotland; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937259259     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09649069808410230     Document Type: Article

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