The rights of a child
14th Nov 2006, 06:15 GMT
Government Ministers were given an insight into the complexity of family law by yesterday's Supreme Court judgments in the Baby Ann case and they may, for the first time, realise the political difficulties in providing for the rights of children through a constitutional referendum. Article 42 confers rights on the family that are "antecedent and superior to all positive law" and change could have unwanted consequences.
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