Child Rights to Guardianship: A Comparative Study in International, Islamic and Libyan Laws
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Setting the Scene for the Present Study: Dialogue Between Libya and the CRC -- 1.2.1 Libya's First Periodic Report -- 1.2.2 The CRC's Response to Libya's First Periodic Report -- 1.2.3 Libya's Second Periodic Report -- 1.2.4 The CRC's Response to Libya's Second Periodic Report -- 1.2.5 Libya's Combined Third and Fourth Periodic Report [and the CRC's Response to Date] -- 1.2.6 Focus of the Research-Guardianship and 'the Best Interests of the Child' -- 1.3 The Project -- 1.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study -- 1.5 The Research Problem -- 1.6 Relationship to the Existing Literature -- 1.7 The Significance of the Research Undertaken -- 1.8 Research Questions Explored -- 1.8.1 Primary Research Question -- 1.8.2 Related Sub-Questions -- 1.9 Research Methodology Utilised -- 1.10 Original Thesis Statement -- 1.11 Chapter Outline -- References -- 2 The 'Best Interests of the Child' in the Context of Guardianship Under International Law -- 2.1 Historical Overview of International Child Law -- 2.1.1 Development of the 'Best Interests of the Child' Principle in Regards to Guardianship Jurisdiction -- 2.1.2 Is There a Western Bias in International Child Law? -- 2.1.3 Do Children Have Rights? -- 2.2 The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC) 1989 -- 2.2.1 Significance of CROC -- 2.2.2 Core Principles of CROC -- 2.2.3 Establishment of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) -- 2.3 CROC Special Provisions (Key Concepts) -- 2.3.1 Cultural Relativism -- 2.3.2 Legal Culture -- 2.3.3 The 'Best Interests' Principle as Defined Under CROC -- 2.3.4 The 'Best Interests' Principle: Interpretation and Implementation -- 2.4 'The Best Interests of the Child' Principle Under CROC -- 2.4.1 Main Expectation of State Parties to CROC.