The State as Child Protector

Children and the Law
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-93804-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 476 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1040 g

Reihe: Controversies in Constitutional Law

This is the first volume in the three volume collection entitled Children and the Law. Volume one, The State as Child Protector, focuses on the obligations of the state to ensure the protection of children. It treats the obligation of the state to intervene on behalf of a child. Issues include the rights of parents to educate children, to retain custody of children, and to inflict corporal and noncorporal punishment on children. Volume one also covers the state's lack of obligation to intervene in the private sphere of the family, i.e. the right of the state to remain neutral in cases of abuse, threat, or in cases where decisions made by the head of a household might appear to compromise the welfare or best interest of a child.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steverson, Janet W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Overview 2 Why Parental Rights Laws are Necessary; Child Abuse, The Constitution, and the Legacy of Pierce v. Society of Sisters II. Who is a Parent? III. Custody and Adoption of Children IV. Corporal Punishment of Children by Parents or Guardians V. Parent's Refusal of Medical Treatment for Children VII. Third-Party Visitation with Children

Über Autor(innen)

Janet W. Steverson, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College