Social Justice and Children in Care Book

	List of Tables
	Foreword
Sect. I	Introduction
1	Philosophy and social theory	3
2	The limits of criticism	12
Sect. II	Parents' and children's rights in a court setting: the notion of justice in care proceedings
3	The coming of the guardian ad litem	19
4	The nature of the child's representative	25
5	The balance of rights (1): claims and liberties	33
6	The balance of rights (2): children and adults	41
7	The balance of rights (3): substantive and procedural issues	48
Sect. III	Parents' and children's rights in a social work setting: voluntary care
8	Design of the study	57
9	Community influences	62
10	Initiatives: social worker, parent or child?	66
11	Planning meetings	73
12	Some practice models	81
13	Working with parents	86
14	Conclusions from the study	93
Sect. IV	Social work and legal justice
15	Social work and law as moral practices	101
16	Care as a resource	111
17	Care as partnership (1); the evidence	118
18	Care as partnership (2): the theoretical context	127
19	Care as an expression of the child's best interests	134
20	Some final questions: a summary of the issues	143
	Bibliography	151