Children in court
Subtitle: public policymaking and federal court decisions
By: Susan Gluck Mezey.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.; Judicial process -- United States.
Description: This book examines the role of the federal courts in policymaking for children. Believing that the federal courts are uniquely situated to provide relief to the less powerful in society, Mezey assesses the judiciary's response to the demands for children's rights and benefits across a number of policy areas and a range of statutory and constitutional issues.

Through analysis of Supreme Court and lower court opinions over the last several decades, she determines the extent to which federal court decisionmaking has affected the legal, political, economic, and social status of children in the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-194) and indexes.