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7 J. Soc. Welfare & Fam. L. 1 (1985)

handle is hein.journals/jnlosclwl7 and id is 1 raw text is: Points of View Learning from one another It is surprising how seldom we in this country look outside our own system for solutions to the problems that face us. It is almost as if we discounted the possi- bility that another nation might have met our difficulty and dealt with it success- fully. More likely, perhaps, we simply do not believe that other systems would work here. It is encouraging, therefore, to find that one organisation exists to promote understanding of family law. The fifth World Conference of the Inter- national Society on Family Law has as its theme the economic security of the individual and of the family and ways of guaranteeing it. Since the family is the key group in every known society the conference aim to study family obligations and support systems within an international context is very much to be wel- comed. Industrial as well as developing countries are in the throes of rapid change and it is imperative that we learn from each other if we are to understand and nurture the family which is at the heart of our problems of living. Further information: V th World Conference ISFL, Brussels Inter- national Conference Centre, Parc des Expositions, Place de Belgique, Brussels B -1020, Belgium. One man's meat Famine follows drought. We have known this since time began but have not yet defeated it, although we have the means to do so. Ironically it is our technologi- cal progress which allows us to see the images of death on our television screens. We know that there is more to feeding the hungry than sending the grain and the transport. We know from many an official survey and warning what diet our bodies require. Our response to the one is as spasmodic as to the other-a cheque for the Relief Fund and a crash diet for ourselves. What kind of dis- ciplined planning is needed to avoid the twin scourges of hunger and obesity existing in close proximity in this planet? The Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy. Report of the Panel on Diet in relation to Cardio-vascular Disease, HMSO £3.35. Martyrs Does every generation need its martyrs? It is more than 10 years since the death of Maria Colwell and already students on social work courses are found to be unfamiliar with her name. Who now remembers Dennis O'Neill? Yet the mar- tyrdom of these children profoundly affected attitudes to the provision for chil- dren in public care. From being a mere modification of the penalties appropriate for adult offenders, the law relating to children has grown in complexity in response to these changing attitudes. The Government has received the report of the Select Committee on Social Services in respect of children in care and has announced the setting up of a Working Party to make proposals for codification of the law. The Secretary of State, Norman Fowler, said in answer to a Parlia- mentary Question that he was reassured to find there is agreement on many matters affecting children in care. He went on to say that society must protect children but added we have to strike a balance between the differing interests of the child, the parents, the carer and society. The differing interests have 1

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