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Protecting the World's Children: Impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Diverse Legal Systems. By Savitri Gooneskere, Rebeca Rios-Kohn, Emilio Garcia Mendez, and Shaheen Sardar Ali. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 272. ISBN 978-0-521-73291-8. $47.00

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2019

Hanibal Goitom*
Affiliation:
Law Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. USA

Abstract

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References

1 A “dualist approach” mostly espoused by common law jurisdictions or jurisdictions with heavy common law influence, or “monist approach,” a mode traditionally adopted in civil law jurisdictions and jurisdictions influenced by civil law tradition.Google Scholar

2 SERAP vs. Federal Republic of Nigeria and Universal Basic Education Commission ECW/CCJ/APP/08/08 (case summary available at the Rights to Education Project portal, http://www.right-to-education.org/node/717 (last visited Jan. 10, 2011).Google Scholar

3 Rights to Education Project, Landmark court decision on right to education, http://www.right-to-education.org/node/719 (last visited Jan. 10, 2011).Google Scholar

4 See Hanibal Goitom, Mali: Far-Reaching Changes Proposed by Legislature in New Family Code, GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR (Aug. 19, 2009), http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_12-05401504_text (last visited Jan. 10, 2011). See also Hanibal Goitom, Mali: Bill Seeking to Modernize Family Law Regime Defeated, GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR (Oct. 12, 2010), http://www.loc.gov/-lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_1205402305_text (last visited Jan. 10, 2011).Google Scholar