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...
Phoebe Tollefson | September 8, 2017 | American Indian Law
Bonnie Littlesun is raising eight children, all but one of whom are her grandkids, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. “They’re crazy,” she said, laughing. It was mid-morning on Thursday and she had a brief break while her grandbaby slept and the others were at...
Emily Buss, Solangel Maldonado and Clare Huntington | August 25, 2017 | Children and the Law
Project Reporters Emily Buss, Solangel Maldonado, and Clare Huntington discuss issues of pluralism in the Children and the Law Restatement in the video below. One of the things about working and writing in the area of children’s law, everybody, whether it has...
