The Children (Scotland) Act 1995

This highly regarded and established text has been fully revised and updated to take account of the implementation of the Act in practice, statutory develpoments, and judcial and academic comment of the Act's operation. It examines the impact of all amending legislation including the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, and the Human Rights Act 1998 and looks at how the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 has established itself in practice. CONTENTS * Court orders, including residence and contact orders * The law of guardianship reshaped and clarified * Local authority duties specified * Child protection orders and their review mechanisms * Exclusion orders and assessment orders * Local authority parental rights resolutions replaced with court process and parental responsibility order