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The Convention on the Rights of the Child: A cultural legitimacy critique. By Thoko Kaime. Groningen: Europa Law Publishing, 2011. Pp. v, 216. ISBN: 978-90-8952-113-2. €48.00; US$75.00.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2019
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1 A reference in chapter 6 to 66 children interviewed in focus groups or face-to-face fails to clarify whether this was the total number.Google Scholar
2 The book reprints the Convention on the Rights of the Child as an appendix; as the Convention is widely available, an index would have been a better use of space. Although the table of contents is fairly detailed, one cannot easily locate a particular passage or subtopic without an index.Google Scholar
3 Of course, it is only fair to acknowledge that many in the US give similar lip service to the importance of children, while permitting 23% of US children to live in poverty. Conflicts between expressed values and practice are not the sole province of developing countries.Google Scholar