Elizabeth S. Scott, Emily Buss and David D. Meyer | March 29, 2018 | Children and the Law
Children and the Law Restatement Reporters Elizabeth Scott, Emily Buss, and David Meyer highlight the ways in which children are different from adults, particularly the heightened vulnerability when in police custody in the video below. Project Feature: Children and...
Taylor Carroll | March 21, 2018 | Children and the Law
Students’ freedom of expression and due process are put at risk by a South Carolina law that led to the arrest of two high school students for videotaping a classmate being flipped out of a chair, a federal appeals court says. Read the full article on the New...
Debra H. Lehrmann | December 26, 2017 | Children and the Law
Introduction For the first time, the ALI is undertaking a comprehensive explanation of the legal issues related to children, which should be of great benefit to the legal community and to society generally. Traditionally, children had few rights, and full authority...
Carissa Byrne Hessick | December 11, 2017 | Children and the Law, Sentencing
ABSTRACTThis book chapter examines the role that concerns about finality have played in both capital cases and juvenile life-without-parole sentencing cases. It will describe how finality has shaped the Supreme Court’s death penalty cases, as well as the role it has...
Jennifer Morinigo | October 24, 2017 | American Indian Law, Children and the Law, Conflict of Laws, Data Privacy, Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
At its meeting in New York City on October 19 and 20, The American Law Institute’s Council reviewed drafts for eight projects, with the following outcomes: Law of American Indians: The Council approved Council Draft No. 4, with the exception of § 33 Sovereign Immunity...
