CHILDREN AND THE LAW: THE COMPETING RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND INTERESTS OF CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND THE STATE

A Reader By Joan Catherine Bohl & Christine Metteer Lorillard Recent developments in family law, including, but certainly not limited to same-sex marriage and second parent adoption, make issues surrounding children and their families increasingly popular. This book is a vehicle to teach some of the contested issues without always relying on cases. As a supplemental text, the book provides law students, as well as social welfare or public policy graduate students interested in family relations, with a multifaceted analysis of how families have become the focal point for debate, providing information on how families function as social institutions and how the law interacts with them. It also deepens such students' understanding of things like the meaning of family, the rights and responsibilities of parents, and the best interests and rights of children. Joan Catherine Bohl is Professor of Legal Skills at Stetson Law School, currently a visiting professor at Santa Clara Law School.