Henry A. Akuchie, Chika Chinedu Akuchie

International Law and Child Rights Implementation

In South Africa, Kenya, India and Nigeria: A Comparative Legal Analysis.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is written as a comparative legal analysis which interrogates the child rights implementation in three countries; South Africa, Kenya, India and with reference to Nigeria. These countries are as pluralistic and diverse as Nigeria. They are also as multi-ethnic, multi-religious and culturally diverse with a poor population in the rural areas. The Republic of South Africa as well as Kenya, Nigeria and India have a common law heritage as former British colonies, though South Africa has a much more convoluted background. Most of the Children's Act/Laws in these four countries were specifically tailored after the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and it is noticeable that most of the provisions are mere repetitions or reproduction of the UNCRC. The part that worries legal academics and researchers is that the normative framework is lacking in African values and content with exception to India. The book advocates for a need to include African normsto form the needed bleed in these Child Right legislations. The challenge which is a major question in this book is whether the enactment has served its purpose which is to safeguard children's rights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9786203924176
• ISBN-10: 6203924172
• Artikelnr.: 62248038

Autorenporträt

Akuchie Henry, B.Sc, MA, JD, LL.M, LL.D., is from Imo State, Nigeria. He is an international legal scholar trained in the United States and South Africa. A teacher of law and sociology at more than one university both in the US and Nigeria. He also consults for different national and international bodies on matters of law and sociology.