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Chisolm, Richard – 1981
The rights of parents and children can best be understood, it is argued, if the law is seen as distributing power over children's lives. Three case studies that illustrate this thesis are discussed with reference to some changes to the law contained in the Community Welfare Bill 1981 (New South Wales). It is further argued that the legal principle…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Court Litigation, Foreign Countries, Foster Family
Fairfax, Sally K. – 1977
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is based largely on assumptions about bureaucratic ineptitude as the cause of environmental degradation and citizen involvement as the cure. These assumptions and the procedural requirements of the NEPA process have severly undercut the limited contributions which citizen involvement can make to…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility
