The Chinese View of the Rights of the Child-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Chinese View of the Rights of the Child

Published:2023-04-07 Issue:1 Volume:31 Page:167-189
ISSN:0927-5568
Container-title:The International Journal of Children’s Rights
language:
Short-container-title:Int. J. Child. Rights

Author:

Hämäläinen Juha¹,Wu Shih-Yun²,Zhao Fang³

Affiliation:

1. Professor Emeritus of Social Work, especially Social Pedagogy, Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

2. Postdoctoral Researcher, Law School, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland

3. Professor of Social Work, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Abstract

Abstract This article aims to identify the nature of the interpretation of children’s rights in China. More specifically, it seeks to increase the understanding of the characteristics of the national perspective on children’s rights by examining and analysing the key issues relevant to the Chinese legislation. Using the concept of legal culture, the article offers a hermeneutic analysis of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Minors, in which the Chinese view of the rights of the child is explained in the light of a cultural background. The analysis shows that the Chinese view of the rights of the child is culturally coloured. In particular, the influence of the Confucian conception of family and the corresponding paternalistic social theory can be identified.

Publisher

Brill

Subject

Political Science and International Relations,Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Sociology and Political Science

Link

https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/chil/31/1/article-p167_008.xml

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