Calah Schlabach, José-Ignacio Castañeda Perez, Matthew Hendley and Layne Dowdall | September 10, 2020 | American Indian Law, Children and the Law
This article was originally published by “Kids Imprisoned,” a project of the Carnegie-Knight News21 program, on Aug. 21, 2020. View the original post here. On a morning he should have been in middle school, 12-year-old Isaac Durham collapsed on the sidewalk after...
Fatos Haziri | September 2, 2020 | Children and the Law
ABSTRACTThis paper is of a combined character; summary and research, as it contains comparisons and research in a critical way, so it includes content and important psychological aspects of criminal actions that lead the juvenile person to conflict with the law,...
Andrew Sheeler | February 4, 2020 | Children and the Law, Sentencing
This article was originally published by The Sacramento Bee on Jan. 28, 2020. The following is an excerpt. A California lawmaker argues that 18- and 19-year-olds aren’t mature enough to do prison time if they break the law, and so she has submitted a bill that would...
Clare Huntington and Elizabeth S. Scott | November 11, 2019 | Children and the Law
ABSTRACTThe law governing children is complex, sometimes appearing almost incoherent. The relatively simple framework established in the Progressive era, in which parents had primary authority over children, subject to limited state oversight, has broken down over the...
Elizabeth S. Scott, Richard Bonnie, Emily Buss, Clare Huntington, Solangel Maldonado, David D. Meyer and Jennifer Morinigo | May 14, 2019 | Children and the Law
This Black Letter, presented in Tentative Draft No. 2, was approved by ALI membership during the 2019 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and usual editorial prerogative. Actions taken with respect to this Draft may be ascertained by consulting...
