Butler (philosophy, Indiana U.-Purdue U. Fort Wayne) brings together a group of philosophy, education, psychology, political science, and other scholars from the US, Canada, and the UK who examine the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and opposition to it. In 11 essays, they consider the Convention in terms of areas other than international human rights law, describing pedagogical, political, psychological, anthropological, and ethical considerations. They explore the way the global children's rights movement has positively interpreted and used the Convention, including in education, teaching children's rights education, and protecting children from violence; criticism of the Convention and its implementation, from countries that have ratified it and those that have not, including the US and Canada; and children's rights and their violation and implementation in the developing world and the implementation of human rights norms by humanitarian organizations. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)