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Item Metadata only Administrative justice and alternative dispute resolution: the Australian experience(2005-11-01) Buck, Trevor, 1951-Item Metadata only Alternative dispute resolution in the UK: taking the pledge, judicial policy-making, tribunals and proportionate dispute resolution(Lawtext Publishing, 2007) Buck, Trevor, 1951-Item Metadata only A better deal: the prospects for reform(Ashgate, 2003) Buck, Trevor, 1951-; Smith, RogerItem Embargo Child Abuse and Public Inquiry Methodologies(Intersentia, 2018-06-13) Buck, Trevor, 1951-This chapter examines the development of public inquiries into child abuse and the various policy processes and methods deployed to support them. It contains two central propositions: firstly, that the ongoing Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse provides an unprecedented opportunity to capture and disseminate more deeply the emerging knowledge of child abuse; and secondly, that there is now a significant need to establish in the UK a permanent centralised Public Inquiries Office to support public inquiry work in the child protection sector and elsewhere.Item Metadata only Child slavery: Constructing the international legal framework.(Policy Press, 2010-10-13) Buck, Trevor, 1951-; Nicholson, AndreaThis Chapter examines the international law framework relating to modern forms of child slavery. It comments on some of the definitional difficulties and points out some helpful developments prompted by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It concludes that the move from generic to child-specific rights have led to the positive construction of measures that go beyond criminalisation but are aimed at providing assistance to exploited children as active right-holders.Item Metadata only Children's Rights(Oxford University Press, 2017-03-30) Buck, Trevor, 1951-Oxford Bibliographies in International Law has become an essential research tool. Each article provides a skeleton for research, with general topic headings first, followed by more thematic headings, each introduced by a commentary paragraph and followed by a select list of annotated citations. The author, as an acknowledged specialist in this field, was commissioned to write an article (c 16,000 words) on 'Children's Rights', which provides a general overview in addition to specialist sections covering key international law instruments and perspectives in the field..Item Open Access European methods of administrative law redress: Netherlands, Norway and Germany(Department for Constitutional Affairs, 2004-11) Buck, Trevor, 1951-This report examines the profile of administrative law remedies in the Netherlands, Norway and Germany and makes some observations about the activities of regional European institutions in this field. For each jurisdiction the report provides an overview of the administrative law system and court structure, an outline of the ombudsmen schemes and the significant developments in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The government’s recent White Paper, Transforming Public Services: Complaints, Redress and Tribunals, has presented some new ideas about how to proceed with the key tasks of preventing and resolving disputes in administrative justice. This report provides an opportunity to reflect on some of the European approaches that may be able to shed some light on the direction and management of such reforms.Item Metadata only Evaluating the commissioners(2005) Buck, Trevor, 1951-Item Open Access Evaluation of early neutral evaluation alternative dispute resolution in the social security and child support tribunal.(Ministry of Justice, 2010-01-25) Hay, C.; McKenna, K.; Buck, Trevor, 1951-The evaluation sought to establish the cost effectiveness of early neutral evaluation (a form of alternative dispute resolution) and whether it resulted in swifter, more proportionate resolution of cases. The research also aimed to establish appellant satisfaction with the process and the impact on and views of stakeholders.Item Open Access An Evaluation of the Long-term Effectiveness of Mediation in Cases of International Parental Child Abduction(Reunite, 2012-06-18) Buck, Trevor, 1951-This research report focuses on capturing the long-term effectiveness of mediation as deployed by reunite, the UK's main NGO that provides advice on international parental child abduction cases brought under the Hague Convention of 1980. The aim was to see whether the mediation model operated by reunite has worked over time. The main research tool used was the use of in-depth telephone interviews with individuals who had participated in reunite’s mediation process from January 2003 to December 2009. 52 individuals were interviewed between September 2010 and August 2011, using a semi-structured interview guide which is reproduced as Appendix 1 of this report. Overall (see Table 7.1, at p. 27) the dataset comprised: 29 men, 23 women; 22 taking parents and 30 left-behind parents; and at the time of our interview work 21 of the total dataset could be classed as the residential parent and 31 the contact parent. Our second and supplementary research tool was a system of case reading by the research team – there were regular meetings set up after a batch of transcripts had been pre-read and where reunite’s case file was available to supplement and provide further information about the chronology and process of each case under consideration. An important element in the architecture of this report is the distinction that we draw between: i) cases where the mediation was completed – i.e. an MoU had been reached and quickly followed by a consent order in the courts: we call these ‘resolved cases’ in the report; and ii) cases where the mediation was not completed, i.e. where it was not agreed in mediation and had to be referred back to the courts for an authoritative decision: we call these ‘unresolved cases’ in the report. Of our overall set of 52 cases, we identified 29 that were ‘resolved’ and 23 that were ‘unresolved’ according to our definition. The analysis of all this material was further supported by the use of a computer-assisted qualitative data programme. A summary of the findings can be found on pp. 8-12 of the report in relation to both 'resolved' and 'unresolved' cases. Overall the key message of the report is that mediation in this specialised context should be used selectively and proportionately.Item Embargo Expert Commentary: Public Inquiries – continuity, change and institutional infrastructure(Oxford University Press, 2017-05-25) Buck, Trevor, 1951-This commentary focuses upon the legal process, in particular its ability (or lack of it) to capture and sustain important knowledge generated from the inquiry process and how such experience could be utilised to respond appropriately to the challenges of the ever-changing landscape of public events that require the inquiry process. The commentary proposes the creation of a secretariat dedicated to delivering the inquiry process - a permanent Inquiry Office. Such a reform could provide continuity in the knowledge gained from one inquiry to the next, and develop flexibly to accommodate the changing requirements of individual inquiries driven by their different subject matter.Item Metadata only External provider social loans: Joining-up financial inclusion and social fund reform.(Sweet & Maxwell, 2010) Buck, Trevor, 1951-This article examines the way in which policy has been developed in relation to the recent reforms to the Social Fund, in particular the ‘‘external provider social loan’’ scheme; policy that has now found its way into the Welfare Reform Act 2009. It then outlines and comments on the relevant statutory provisions in the Act and discusses a number of issues arising from these reforms. The article concludes that: the DWP’s consultation in December 2008 was unfortunately a hurried affair; there remain more radical proposals to join up a reformed social fund within the financial inclusion agenda; a full evaluation will only be possible when the details of the scheme appear following further consultation; and, the Government would be wise to rethink its current plan to disapply the social fund review processes to the external provider social loans.Item Metadata only International child law(Cavendish Publishing, 2005) Buck, Trevor, 1951-Item Metadata only International Child Law(Routledge, 2014-06-23) Buck, Trevor, 1951-International Child Law examines and discusses the international legal framework and issues relating to children. Analysing both public and private international legal aspects, this cross-disciplinary text promotes an understanding of the ongoing development of child law, children’s rights and the protection of the child. Examining the theoretical background to the law, and providing a concise and clear overview of the instruments and institutions that protect children internationally, this text then focuses on key themes and issues in child law and children’s rights. This new edition has been updated and revised throughout, including expanded material on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as discussion of recent landmark developments on the law relating to recruiting child soldiers as a result of Lubanga (2012). The third edition also includes a new case study feature that critically considers key themes and issues in international child law in a real world context. Drawing on a range of legal and other disciplines, International Child Law is a valuable resource for those in the course of study and research in this area.Item Metadata only International Child Law(Routledge, 2010-08-12) Buck, Trevor, 1951-; Gillespie, Alisdair A.; Ross, Lynne; Sargent, SarahInternational Child Law examines and discusses the international legal framework and issues relating to children. This second edition has been substantially revised and includes new Chapters on: chidren and armed conflict; sexual exploitation; and Indigenous children's rights. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child remains a central topic. It draws on a genuine range of disciplines and is a valuable resource for those in the course of study and research in this area.Item Metadata only International Criminal Court: The Prosecutor v Thomas Lubanga Dyilo(Hart Publishing, 2017-10-27) Buck, Trevor, 1951-A redrafting of Lubanga, the first case to be tried in the International Criminal Court, from a children's rights perspective.Item Metadata only International criminalisation and child welfare protection: the optional protocol to the convention on the rights of the child(Wiley, 2008) Buck, Trevor, 1951-Item Metadata only Making social security law(Ashgate Publishing, 2005) Buck, Trevor, 1951-; Bonner, David; Sainsbury, RoyItem Metadata only A model of independent review?(2001) Buck, Trevor, 1951-Item Metadata only Modelul Ombudsmanului britanic, irlandez şi Australian: expansiune, redimensionare şi noi orizonturi(C.H.Beck publishers, 2011-02) Thompson, Brian; Kirkham, Richard; Buck, Trevor, 1951-This Chapter is derived from the authors’ project ‘Public Services Ombudsmen and Administrative Justice: Models, Roles, Methods and Relationships’ funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. In this study we supplemented research of the literature on the ombudsmen (annual reports, investigation reports, speeches and articles) with interviews with over 20 ombudsmen (see schedule) who deal with public services in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. We also interviewed some private sector ombudsmen, auditors and, in the UK, some complaints handlers intermediate between an agency and the public services ombudsman. In this Chapter we consider the roles that are being performed by the Public Services Ombudsmen (PSO) in our study and the methods that they have adopted to perform those roles. This leads us to speculate that in practice the roles of the PSO may be expanding, and there are new horizons to explore in the ombudsman community.