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Title: Lawstuff: know your rights
About: Plain language information about the rights of young people, including practical information about rights and responsibilities at school, including bullying at school, employment issues, leaving school, alcohol and drugs, criminal law, and the police. Offers an email-back facility, LawMail, which allows young people to seek legal advice.
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Title: Children and young people Chapter 8: The law handbook 11th edition
About: Includes practical information about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, children and criminal law, including the Children's Court, young offenders, the care and protection of children, employment and income issues, discrimination, the age of consent and children's services, adoption, school.
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Children and families - Hot Topic series no 62
About: Family law and divorce and its impact on children, parenting and property after separation, shared parenting, child support, child welfare care and protection, child abuse.
Where: Check your public library.
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