Children, Education and Health: International Perspectives on Law and Policy

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3. Children, education and health: international perspectives on law and policy Edited by Neville Harris and Paul Meredith. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot, 2005. Hardback 277pp. Price £55 ISBN 0-7546-4387-5

I must confess to finding the content of this book rather disappointing given its engaging title. I expect that, like me, many readers, other than those directly involved in educational law, will find much of the material limited in its usefulness to their own professional practice. This is because the book is a compilation of contributions to an international conference, which, despite the efforts of the editors to provide an appropriate structure, and an …