Rituals in children's cultures of consumption.
Presentation / Conference
Marsden, D. (2005, July)
Rituals in children's cultures of consumption. Paper presented at Childhoods 2005: Children and youth in emerging and transforming societies
Consumption in children’s cultures is a much debated topic. Yet, few attempts have been
made to understand consumer culture from children’s own perspective, to investigate the...
Making Law for Children in Scotland: Turning Commitment into Reality
Journal Article
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2020)
Making Law for Children in Scotland: Turning Commitment into Reality. Amicus Curiae, 1(3), 476-486. https://doi.org/10.14296/ac.v1i3.5176
This note discusses ongoing developments in Scottish law concerning children and the creation of more Children’s Rights-based legislation in Scotland. Two steps being taken b...
Practicability in ascertaining children’s views: superseding ‘the default position’
Journal Article
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2022)
Practicability in ascertaining children’s views: superseding ‘the default position’. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 43(4), 475-477. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2021.1999108
This paper considers the issue of ‘practicability’ in ascertaining the views of children in family proceedings with reference to the recent, and noteworthy, Scottish Inner Hou...
The future of Indonesian tobacco children: The future of Indonesian tobacco children: Implications for tobacco control policy
Presentation / Conference
Tjandra, N. C., Aroean, L., & Prabandari, Y. S. (2017, May)
The future of Indonesian tobacco children: The future of Indonesian tobacco children: Implications for tobacco control policy. Paper presented at 5th World Social Marketing Conference
This study aims to explore the Indonesian public perception towards the ethics of tobacco marketing activities, and their implications on young people. Six focus groups and th...
Out of the mouths of babes: listening to children of all ages in family court cases
Journal Article
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2021)
Out of the mouths of babes: listening to children of all ages in family court cases. The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland,
Critical overview of amendments made by the Children (S) Act 2020 to cases brought under Part 1 of the Children (S) Act 1995 (e.g. contact/residence disputes). These amendment...
The Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill.
Journal Article
Macfarlane, L. B. (2013)
The Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill. Scottish Parliamentary Review, 1, 151-161
The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019: what would it do for children?
Presentation / Conference
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2019, November)
The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019: what would it do for children?
Presentation at final workshop in RSE-funded workshop series, co-organised by me.
Rallying to the Flag - A Consolidated Picture of Armed Forces Children’s Education in Scotland in 2021: Laying Foundations & Promoting Development
Report
MacLeod, C., Short, G., & Matthews-Smith, G. (2022)
Rallying to the Flag - A Consolidated Picture of Armed Forces Children’s Education in Scotland in 2021: Laying Foundations & Promoting Development. Edinburgh: Association of Directors of Education in Scotland
This report provides an overview of the numbers of armed forces children at national and local authority level, together with a review of how some authorities have responded t...
Balancing the rights of parents and children: The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019
Report
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2019)
Balancing the rights of parents and children: The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019. https://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/112969.aspx: Scottish Parliament Justice Committee
The Scottish Government is in the process of updating the Family Justice system. This includes the legislation regulating how family court law cases (i.e. disputes about chil...
Rethinking Childhood Contributory Negligence: 'Blame', 'Fault' - but what about Children's Rights?
Journal Article
Macfarlane, L. (2018)
Rethinking Childhood Contributory Negligence: 'Blame', 'Fault' - but what about Children's Rights?. Juridical Review, 75-97
Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child provides that the child’s ‘best interests… shall be a primary consideration’ in all actions concerning th...