This specific technique has been part of child welfare practice in New Zealand since 1989, is reinforced by legislation, and was described in a previous article in Australian Social Work (Ban 1993). The technique has been trialled in a pilot project in Victoria, Australia, and preliminary ...
Normally, offences defined by statute could only be punished as prescribed by the relevant legislation. The punishments available in any particular case were thus circumscribed by the legal status of the offence with which the defendant was charged (which in some cases was influenced in turn by ...
lives with regard to children.Compulsoryeducationis an example of the law superseding parentalauthority. In the case of single-parent homes, the law will frequently provide some form of support. Legislation onchild labourandchild abusealso asserts society’s responsibility for a child’s best ...
of Liberal legislation, rejected it, thereby turning a political debate into aconstitutionalone concerning the powers of theHouse of Lords. Passions were as strong as they had been in 1831, yet, in the ensuing general election of January 1910, the Liberal majority was greatly reduced, and theba...