Contents:
1. Education of Children and Parent's Right to Control Child's Education

A. Right to Control Education Generally

ARTICLES

De Mitchell, Todd A. 'The Right to Direct the Upbringing of a Child', Parent as Sovereign and State as Educator: A Balance of Vital Interests', 6 International Journal of Education Reform pp. 368-376 (1997).

Garnett, Richard W., 'Taking Pierce Seriously: The Family, Religious Education and Harm to Children', Vol. 76 Notre Dame Law Review 109-146 (2000).

Ross, William G., 'The Contemporary Significance of Meyer and Pierce for Parental Rights Issues Involving Education', Vol. 34 Akron Law Review 177-207 (2000).

B. School Vouchers

ARTICLES

Underkuffler, Laura S., 'The Price of Vouchers for Religious Freedom', Vol. 78 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 463-478 (2001).

Lupu, Ira C., 'The Increasingly Anachronistic Case Against Scholl Vouchers', Vol. 13 Notre Dame Journal of Law Ethics and Public Policy 375-396 (1999).

2. The Constitutional Rights of Schoolchildren

A. Generally

ARTICLES

Brown, Lisa A. and Gilbert, Christopher., 'Understanding the Constitutional Rights of School Children', Vol. 34-APR Houston Lawyer 40-45 (1997).

Ryan, James E., 'The Supreme Court and Public Schools, Vol. 86 Virginia Law Review 1335-1433 (2000).

B. Corporal Punishment in Schools

ARTICLES

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 'Policy Statement: Corporal Punishment in Schools', (June 1998).

Corporal Punishment in Schools: A Postition Paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine', Journal of Adolescent Health: 1992;13 240-246.

Imbrogno, Andre R. 'Corporal Punishment in America's Public Schools and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Case for Nonratification', Vol. 29 Journal of Law and Education 125-147 (2000).

Free Speech

ARTICLES

Parker, Jonathan K., 'Parents Patriage in the Marketplace of Ideas: Limitations of Freedom of Expression in the Public Schools', Proteus: A Journal of Ideas, 1997, pp. 39-41.
Johnson, John W., 'Behind the Scenes in Iowa's Greatest Case: What Isn't in the Official Record of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District', Vol. 48 drake Law Review 473-490 (2000).

Hafen, Bruce C., 'Schools as Intellectual And Moral Associations' 1993 Brigham Young University Law Review 605-621 (1993).

Ingber, Stanley, 'Liberty and Authority: Two facets of the Incultation of Virtue', Vol. 69 St. John's Law Review 421-479 (1995).

Allred, Chad. 'Guarding the Treasure: Protection of Student Religious Speech in the Classroom', Vol.22 Seattle University Law Review 741-780 (1999).

D. Minor's Right to Be Free From Unreasonable Searches And Seizure

ARTICLES

Mitchell, J. Chad, Comment, 'An Alternative Approach to the Fourth Amendment in Public Schools: Balancing Students' Rights with School Safety', B.Y.U. Law Review 1207-1240 (1998).

E. Minor's Rights to Procedual Due Process Prior to Suspension from School

ARTICLES

Wilkinson, III, Hon. J. Harvie, 'Constitutionalization of School Discipline: an Unnecessary and Counter-Productive Solution', Vol. 1 Michigan Law and Policy Review 309-313 (1996).

Strossen, Nadine. 'Protecting Student Rights Promotes Educational Opportunity: A Response to Judge Wilkinson, Vol.1 Michigan Law and Policy Review 315-323 (1996).

This collection of facsimile reprints brings together essays in the field of American law relating to the controversial area of children's rights, parents' rights, and state's obligations toward children. Articles discuss the major rulings concerning an array of hotly debated issues.
Volume one focuses on the obligations of the state to insure the protection of children and 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. This volume 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 interests of a child.

Contents:
VOLUME 1: PARENT, STATE AND CHILD - PARENTING OF CHILDREN

1. Generally

ARTICLES

Klicka, Christopher J. and Phillips, Douglas W., 'Why Parental Rights Laws are Necessary', Educational Leadership Vol. 55, Nov.1997, pp.80-83.

Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett, 'Child Abuse, The Constitution and the Legacy of Pierce v. Society of Sisters', 78 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 479-489 (2001).
2. Who is a Parent?

A. Generally

ARTICLES

Holmes, Gilbert A. 'The Tie that Binds: The Constitutional Right of Children to Maintain a Relationship with Parent-Like Individuals', Vol.53 Maryland Law Review 358-411 (1994).

B. The Unwed Parent

ARTICLES

Comment, Craig and Toni, L., 'Establishing the Biological Rights Doctrine to Protect Unwed Fathers in Contested Adoptions', Vol. 25 Florida State University Law Review 391-438 (1998).

Boccaccini, Marcus T. and Willemsen, Eleanor, 'Contested Adoption and the Liberty Interest of the Child', Vol. 10 Saint Thomas Law Review 211-227 (1998).

C. Persons Who are Parent-Like

ARTICLES

Brandon, Kristin J., Note, 'The Liberty Interests of Foster Parents and the Future of Foster Care', Vol.63 University of Cincinnati Law Review 403-437 (1994).

Haury, Cassandra S., Note, The Changing American Family: A Reevaluation of the Rights of Foster Parents When Biological Rights Have Been Terminated', Vol. 35 Georgia Law Review 313-344 (2000).

The State's 'Right' to Intervene in the Parent-Child relationship to Protect a Child from Harm

A. Custody and Adoption of Children

CASES

Palmore v Sidoti, 466 US 429-434 (1984)

Santosky v Kramer, 455 US 745-791 (1982)

ARTICLES

O'Brien, Raymond C., 'An Analysis of Realistic Due Process Rights of Children Versus Parents', Vol. 26 Connecticut Law Review 1209-1260 (1994).

B. Corporal Punishment of Children by Parents or Guardians

ARTICLES

Bitensky, Susan H., 'The Child's Right to Humane Discipline under the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: The Mandate Against All Corporal Punishment of Children', Vol.4 Loyola Poverty Law Journal 47-53 (1998).

Garner, Richard, 'Fundamentally Speaking: Application of Ohio's Domestic Violence Laws in Parental Discipline Cases - A Parental Perspective', Vol. 30 Toledo Law Review 1-29 (1998)

Orentlicher, David. 'Spanking and Other Corporal Punishment of Children by Parents: Overvaluing Pain, Undervaluing Children', Vol. 35 Houston Law Review 147-185 (1998).

C. Parent's of Medical Treatment for Children

ARTICLES

Wadlington, Walter., 'Medical Decision Making for and by Children: Tensions Between Parent, State and Child', 1994 University of Illinois Law review 311-336 (1994).

Lederman, Anne D., Understanding Faith: When Religious Parents Decline Conventional Medical Treatment for Their Children', Vol. 45 Case Western Law Review 891-926 (1995).

Dwyer, James G., 'Spiritual Treatment Exemptions to Child Medical Neglect Laws: What We Outsiders Should Think', Vol. 76 Notre Dame Law Review 147-177 (2000).

State's Obligation to Protect Children from Harm

ARTICLES

Armacost, Barbara E., 'Affirmative Duties, Systematic Harms and the Due Process Clause', Vol. 94 Michigan Law Review 982-1040 (1996).

Schriwer, Tania., Comment, 'Establishing an Affirmative Governmental Duty to Protect Children's Rights: The European Court of Human Rights as a Model for the United States Supreme Court', Vol. 34 University of San Francisco Law Review 379-408 (2000).

5. Third-party Visitation with Children
ARTICLES

Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett., 'Protecting Children's Relationships with Extended Family: The Impact of Troxel v. Granville', Vol.19, No. 5 ABA Child Law Practice 65, 70-71 (July 2000).

Weiss, Elizabeth., Comment, 'Nonparent Visitation Rights v. Family Autonomy: An Abridgement of Parents' Constitutional Rights?', Vol. 10 Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal 1085-1131 (2000)

Strawman, Erica L., 'Grandparent Visitation: The Best Interests of the Grandparent, Child and Society', Vol. 30 University of Toledo Law Review 31-47 (1998)

VOLUME 2: PARENT STATE AND CHILD - THE SCHOOLING OF CHILDREN

1. Education of Children and Parent's Right to Control Child's Education

A. Right to Control Education Generally

ARTICLES

De Mitchell, Todd A. 'The Right to Direct the Upbringing of a Child', Parent as Sovereign and State as Educator: A Balance of Vital Interests', 6 International Journal of Education Reform pp. 368-376 (1997).

Garnett, Richard W., 'Taking Pierce Seriously: The Family, Religious Education and Harm to Children', Vol. 76 Notre Dame Law Review 109-146 (2000).

Ross, William G., 'The Contemporary Significance of Meyer and Pierce for Parental Rights Issues Involving Education', Vol. 34 Akron Law Review 177-207 (2000).

B. School Vouchers

ARTICLES

Underkuffler, Laura S., 'The Price of Vouchers for Religious Freedom', Vol. 78 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 463-478 (2001).

Lupu, Ira C., 'The Increasingly Anachronistic Case Against Scholl Vouchers', Vol. 13 Notre Dame Journal of Law Ethics and Public Policy 375-396 (1999).

2. The Constitutional Rights of Schoolchildren

A. Generally

ARTICLES

Brown, Lisa A. and Gilbert, Christopher., 'Understanding the Constitutional Rights of School Children', Vol. 34-APR Houston Lawyer 40-45 (1997).

Ryan, James E., 'The Supreme Court and Public Schools, Vol. 86 Virginia Law Review 1335-1433 (2000).

B. Corporal Punishment in Schools

ARTICLES

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 'Policy Statement: Corporal Punishment in Schools', (June 1998).

Corporal Punishment in Schools: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine', Journal of Adolescent Health: 1992;13 240-246.

Imbrogno, Andre R. 'Corporal Punishment in America's Public Schools and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Case for Nonratification', Vol. 29 Journal of Law and Education 125-147 (2000).

Free Speech

ARTICLES

Parker, Jonathan K., 'Parents Patriage in the Marketplace of Ideas: Limitations of Freedom of Expression in the Public Schools', Proteus: A Journal of Ideas, 1997, pp. 39-41.

Johnson, John W., 'Behind the Scenes in Iowa's Greatest Case: What Isn't in the Official Record of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District', Vol. 48 drake Law Review 473-490 (2000).

Hafen, Bruce C., 'Schools as Intellectual And Moral Associations' 1993 Brigham Young University Law Review 605-621 (1993).

Ingber, Stanley, 'Liberty and Authority: Two facets of the Incultation of Virtue', Vol. 69 St. John's Law Review 421-479 (1995).

Allred, Chad. 'Guarding the Treasure: Protection of Student Religious Speech in the Classroom', Vol.22 Seattle University Law Review 741-780 (1999).

D. Minor's Right to Be Free From Unreasonable Searches And Seizure

ARTICLES

Mitchell, J. Chad, Comment, 'An Alternative Approach to the Fourth Amendment in Public Schools: Balancing Students' Rights with School Safety', B.Y.U. Law Review 1207-1240 (1998).

E. Minor's Rights to Procedural Due Process Prior to Suspension from School

ARTICLES

Wilkinson, III, Hon. J. Harvie, 'Constitutionalization of School Discipline: an Unnecessary and Counter-Productive Solution', Vol. 1 Michigan Law and Policy Review 309-313 (1996).

Strossen, Nadine. 'Protecting Student Rights Promotes Educational Opportunity: A Response to Judge Wilkinson, Vol.1 Michigan Law and Policy Review 315-323 (1996).

VOLUME 3: CHILD VERSUS STATE

1. Generally

ARTICLES

Geimer, William S. 'Juvenileness: A Single Edged Constitutional Sword', Vol. 22 Georgia Law Review 949-973 (1988).

2. Minor's Medical Rights

A. Generally

ARTICLES

Hanisco, Christine, Note, 'Acknowledging the Hypocrisy: Granting Minors the Right to Choose Their Medical Treatment', Vol. 16 New York Law School Journal of Human Rights 899-932 (2000).

B. Minor's Right to Contraception

CASES

Carey v. Population Services International, 431 US 678-719 (1977).

Minor's Right to Abortion

ARTICLES

Puzella, Carolyn., 'Rights of Children: Abortion Rights of Minors, Parental Consent and Parental Notification', Vol. 11 Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 642-645 (2000).

Collett, Teresa Stanton. 'Seeking Solomon's Wisdom: Judicial Bypass of Parental Involvement in a Minor's Abortion Decision', Vol. 52 Baylor Law Review 513-601 (2000).

Katz, Katheryn D., 'The Pregnant Child's Right to Self-Determination', Vol.62 Albany Law Review 1119-1166 (1999).

3. Juvenile Curfews

ARTICLES

Norton, Diedre E., 'Why Criminalize Children? Looking Beyond the Express Policies Driving Juvenile Curfew Legislation', Vol.4 New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy 175-203 (2000/2001).

Hammens, Craig. and Bennett, Katherine., 'Out in the Street: Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Curfews and the Constitution', 34 Gonzaga Law Review 267-327 (1998/1999).

Sasse, Benjamin C., Note, 'Curfew Laws, Freedom of Movement and the Rights of Juveniles', Vol.50 Case Western Reserve Law Review 681-728 (2000).

Foreman, William L., Note, 'Constitutional Law: Hutchins v. District of Columbia: The Constitutional Dilemma Over Juvenile Curfews, 53 Oklahoma Law Review 717-735 (2000).

This collection of facsimile reprints brings together essays in the field of American law relating to the controversial area of children's rights, parents' rights, and state's obligations toward children. Articles discuss the major rulings concerning an array of hotly debated issues.
Volume three explores the rights of children against the state. Areas treated include freedom of speech, the right of a minor to refuse medical treatment and a minor's right to contraception and abortion with and without parental consent, the rights of minors to separate from their legal parents, the rights of children to know their biological parents in the case of adoption, the rights of children resisting repatriation to relatives outside the United States.

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.