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Childhood, Adulthood and the Law

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This chapter will explore the consequence of accepting that adults are as vulnerable as children. It will argue this requires a rethinking of the nature of legal rights and responsibilities. The law needs to promote values of relationships and mutuality, rather than individualism and autonomy. It will also require a different response to vulnerability. Rather than seeing vulnerability as a state to be avoided or to escape from it will require the law to recognise our vulnerabilities and the responsibilities we owe to each other as a result.

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Herring, J. (2018). Childhood, Adulthood and the Law. In: Vulnerability, Childhood and the Law. SpringerBriefs in Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78686-5_5

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