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==Global understanding of emancipation ==
Common law countries that retain the idea of control and emancipation include Canada, South Africa, and the United States. Countries that have followed the route to gradual civic rights for adolescents include [[England and Wales]], Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. In these countries emancipation is unavailable
 
 
In other countries some aspects of emancipation are in force. The right to engage in civil acts as an adult are granted after marriage, as is the freedom of liability for the parent.<ref>{{cite book |last=Knapp |first=Victor |title=International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, Chapter 3 |date=1983 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |isbn=9024727871 |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKoPfh4UuPAC |access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref> In Argentina, where there is no lower age limit on marriage, child marriage is sometimes used as a mechanism for emancipation.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNICEF review of legal minimum ages and the realization of adolescents' rights in Latin American countries |url=https://www.unicef.org/lac/20160406_UNICEF_Edades_Minima_Eng(1).pdf |publisher=UNICEF |access-date=11 February 2018 |date=January 2016}}</ref> The rights granted in such cases may not be as full as common-law emancipation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Argentinian Civil Code, sections 131-135 on emancipation following marriage|url=https://archive.org/stream/argentinecivilc00whelgoog/argentinecivilc00whelgoog_djvu.txt|website=Archive.org|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref>