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A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI 10.1163/092755608X283708 Th e International Journal of Children’s Rights 16 (2008) 153–157 www.brill.nl/chil Book Review M. Freeman, ‘Article 3: Th e Best Interests of the Child’, in A. Alen, J. VandeLanotte, E. Verhellen, F. Ang, E. Berghmans and M. Verheyde (Eds), A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, 2007) Th e best interests principle is arguably the most ubiquitous in the children’s rights lexicon, yet as an interpretative guide in international law, of recent origin, of uncertain scope, and indeterminate application. Michael Freeman is well placed to undertake the commentary on this Convention article for the Ghent series, being famed for his prior jurisprudential consideration of facets of the best inter- ests of the child in any number of publications. As with previously published monographs in the series, the 79 page publication is divided into three chapters. Th e fi rst introduces the concept and immediately contextualises the issues at hand: that what is understood by the concept poses questions no less ultimate than the purposes and values of life itself (Mnookin, 1975); that the principle is mediated by culture, religion, by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Children's Rights Brill

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Brill
Copyright
© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0927-5568
eISSN
1571-8182
DOI
10.1163/092755608X283708
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI 10.1163/092755608X283708 Th e International Journal of Children’s Rights 16 (2008) 153–157 www.brill.nl/chil Book Review M. Freeman, ‘Article 3: Th e Best Interests of the Child’, in A. Alen, J. VandeLanotte, E. Verhellen, F. Ang, E. Berghmans and M. Verheyde (Eds), A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, 2007) Th e best interests principle is arguably the most ubiquitous in the children’s rights lexicon, yet as an interpretative guide in international law, of recent origin, of uncertain scope, and indeterminate application. Michael Freeman is well placed to undertake the commentary on this Convention article for the Ghent series, being famed for his prior jurisprudential consideration of facets of the best inter- ests of the child in any number of publications. As with previously published monographs in the series, the 79 page publication is divided into three chapters. Th e fi rst introduces the concept and immediately contextualises the issues at hand: that what is understood by the concept poses questions no less ultimate than the purposes and values of life itself (Mnookin, 1975); that the principle is mediated by culture, religion, by

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The International Journal of Children's RightsBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2008

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