Publisher's Synopsis
Children's rights promises to be one of the most rapidly developing and increasingly complex areas of judicial research and litigation. Now a significant new legal reference collection, the Legal Directory of Children's Rights--a complete collection of statutes pertaining to children, minors, juveniles, and dependents--is available from Greenwood Press under the University Publications of America imprint. An important contribution to judicial studies and practice, these four volumes collect and thoroughly index for the first time the current state and federal laws on children's rights.
Taken from all relevant federal and state sources, the laws presented here are those affecting all apsects of childhood, the responsibilities of juveniles, and adult and parental obligations to children. Topics covered include child abuse, adoption, various benefit programs, discrimination, education, employment, exploitation, foster care, special treatment for the handicapped, health care, juvenile delinquency, mental health rights, nutrition, poison control, privacy, public safety, school lunch programs, sexual abuse, student's rights, and taxes. There can be little doubt that this comprehensive and useful collection will prove to be an indispensable research tool for those involved in children's rights. The Legal Directory of Children's Rights is a long overdue and most welcome addition to the study of the rights of children.
