Education, Law and Diversity

This is 'law in context' scholarship at its finest. ... It will be an invaluable tool for anyone undertaking research into any of the plethora of issues, debates and areas of legal practice covered here; for lawyers and non-lawyers alike. For child and family lawyers - for whom education law is still sometimes perceived as in some ways a marginal subject - it is not only an essential source but a reminder of the centrality of education in the lives of children and parents alike. It is also a reminder that education law disputes reveal and provoke the questions, and test to the limits the prevailing answers, about the fundamental nature of the relationships between parents, children and the state. -- Daniel Monk, Birkbeck, University of London * Child and Family Law Quarterly * It is a fascinating read, informative and thought-provoking in equal measure, and - unlike a standard legal text - really repays a cover to cover read ... Education, Law and Diversity is as comprehensive as it is ambitious, easy to read despite being in-depth, and well structured and laid out in just nine (admittedly lengthy) main chapters. A real tour de force! -- Iain Nisbet * Journal of the Law Society of Scotland * An important contribution to our collective understanding of the domestic enforcement of the right to education ... Overall, this is an excellently written and well-researched contribution, which contains a detailed examination of education law, policy and case law relating to the provision of education in England. This book is further characterised by a commendable scholarly rigour which sets it apart in terms of the detail and precision afforded to the examination of the legal development, and provision, of the right to education in England. -- Amel Alghrani, Seamus Byrne and Deborah Tyfield * Legal Studies *