Children and the law
Subtitle: the competing rights, privileges, and interests of children, parents, and the state : a reader
By: Joan Catherine Bohl, Christine Metteer Lorillard
Contributors: Lorillard, Christine Metteer
Publisher: Vandeplas
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lake Mary, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 685
ISBN-13: 9781600420863
Subjects: Children; Legal status, laws; Children's rights; Parent and child (Law); Grandparents; Indian children
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: States' interest in marriage regulation : alternative families and the evolving importance of marriage in the formation of a family; title: Parental rights and prerogatives; title: Children' rights : the "best interests" touchstone; title: Child placement determinations : recognizing and protecting the "private culture" of an "existing family"; title: Racial classifications in placement determinations.