Part 1: Aspects of private law pertaining to children -- The status of children in South African Private law / Trynie Davel -- Maintenance for children / Neil van Schalkwyk -- Children and divorce / Robbie Robinson -- Family mediation / Lesbury van Zyl -- Adoption / Sonia Human -- The child in need of alternative care / Noel Zaal, Carmel Matthias -- The best interests of the child and African Customary Law / Ignatius Maithufi -- The theory of children's rights / Sonia Human -- Part 2: Constitutional and International protection of children's rights -- Constitutional protection of children / Barry Bekink, Danie Brand -- The status of International Children's Rights Instruments in South Africa / Michele Olivier -- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child: an evolutionary revolution / Geraldine van Bueren -- The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the child / Frans Viljoen -- Introduction to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction / Caroline Nicholson -- The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of inter-country adoption 1993 / Caroline Nicholson -- Protocol on children in armed conflict: an International Law analysis / Michele Olivier -- Part 3: Education law and policy -- Law, education and the learner / Elmene Bray -- The South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 / Elmene Bray -- Codes of Conduct for learners / Anita van der Bank -- HIV/AIDS and the learner / Justus Prinsloo, Johan Beckmann -- Part 4: Justice for children as victims and as offenders -- The sexually abused child as a witness / Jolandi le Roux, Johann Engelbrecht -- Medico-legal aspects pertaining to children / Pieter Carstens, Reinette du Plessis -- Child justice and law reform / Julia Sloth-Nielsen.