Seen and Heard: Priority for Children in the Legal Process

ISBN-10: 0642283257
ISBN-13: 9780642283252
Series: Seen and Heard
Pages: 771
Language: English
Published: 1997
Publisher: Australian Law Reform Commission
Author: Australia. Law Reform Commission

Description

The Inquiry's terms of reference were concerned with issues surrounding children's participation within the legal process. The Inquiry was not concerned with the substance of the laws, rights or entitlements of children within these processes, except as these relate to the processes themselves. The focus of the Inquiry on a broad range of legal processes enabled consideration of children's involvement in these processes from a national perspective. This focus permitted a wide and detailed examination of legal processes in different jurisdictions, the relationships between these processes and across portfolios and the consequences of children's involvement in one or more of the processes. In some areas, the legal processes examined were within State and Territory jurisdictions.