Children parents and the law public and private authority in the home schools and juvenile courts /

Synopsis

Ideally suited for child-focused courses that deal with the juvenile justice system or child-parent issues. This concise new casebook offers a perfect balance of scope and depth. Developed from the authors' successful Family Law casebook, Children, Parents, And The Law zeroes in on: Rights of Children, Parents, And The State Decisions About Medical Care the Juvenile Court Child Abuse and Neglect the authors draw on their own classroom experience and: utilize a series of problems throughout the book some short, others longer and more complex to explore each topic take an interdisciplinary approach, drawing information from psychology and sociology where appropriate maintain a balanced perspective in their coverage of the issues, with no ideological bias provide sufficient coverage of juvenile courts to make the book extremely effective in courses with that focus