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Rights of a Child — comprehensive and interesting: Reading Book / Composed by V.M. Sapogov. — Pskov, 2001. - 76 p.

The book is designed so comprehensive that any child will be able to get all the necessary information about his rights and responsibilities while reading it, as well as get to know about legal responsibility for wrongdoings. The book also contains references, questions for better understanding and memorizing, tasks and problems to solve and test the acquired knowledge.

There are quotes not only from corresponding provisions of laws, various codes and UN Convention, but also orders of ministries and agencies, issued in execution of laws, which helps receive information about the legislation as a system, as well as to understand the way to organize and regulate community life. Legal aspects are described using the situation from everyday life of a teenager as examples, so that a young person can get prepared to make a decision that will be correct from the legal point of view.

Certain chapters of the book cover the questions of conscription and military service, rights of the child in the process of the government authorities’ performing investigative activity, describing also the consequences of taking drugs by the underage.

It would be interesting for both children and adults to read the chapter describing such notions as right and ethics. There is also a manual for teachers who would like to use this reading book as a basis for the Rights of the Child course.