The following black letter is excerpted from Tentative Draft No. 6, which contains § 13.10-13, Transfer to Criminal Court.
Richard Bonnie Posts
The American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law Is Approved
by Richard Bonnie | May 22, 2024 | Children and the Law
The American Law Institute’s membership voted to approve Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, the first Restatement to comprehensively examine the legal regulation of children.
Adolescents in the Justice System: A Progress Report on the Restatement of Children and the Law
by Richard Bonnie | Apr 17, 2024 | Children and the Law
This paper responds to comments from experts on the current draft of the Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, from the perspectives of adolescent development and racial equity.
Students’ Right of Personal Expression in Public School
by Richard Bonnie | May 11, 2022 | Children and the Law
This post includes black letter excerpted from Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, Tentative Draft No. 4.
Children and the Law: School Searches – Search Based on Individualized Suspicion
by Richard Bonnie | Apr 29, 2021 | Children and the Law
Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, Tentative Draft No. 3 (TD3) will be presented to ALI membership at the 2021 ALI Annual Meeting. This post includes black letter and Comment excerpted from this draft, which contains § 10.10. Student Search by School Officials Based on Individualized Suspicion.
Children and the Law: Adjudicative Competence in Criminal Proceedings
by Richard Bonnie | May 14, 2019 | Children and the Law
The following entry is excerpted from the Black Letter and Comments of Tentative Draft No. 2, Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, Part III–Children in the Justice System; Section 17.20 Adjudicative Competence in Criminal Proceedings.
Children in Schools: Use of Force to Control and Punish
by Richard Bonnie | Apr 12, 2019 | Children and the Law
The following entry is excerpted from the Black Letter and Comments from Tentative Draft No. 2, Part II–Children In Schools; Chapter 8–Discipline And Order Maintenance; Topic 1–The Use Of Force In Response To Student Misbehavior; Section 8.10. Use of Force to Control and Punish.
What is the Children and the Law Restatement?
by Richard Bonnie | Oct 19, 2018 | Children and the Law
The Children and the Law Restatement aims to present a contemporary conception of parental rights and authority with the promotion of child welfare as a core goal, while grappling with questions about the legal personhood of children. Here is a video explaining the scope of the project.
Use of Incriminating Disclosures in Connection with Transfer Proceedings
by Richard Bonnie | Oct 5, 2018 | Children and the Law
This week, project participants for ALI’s Children and the Law Restatement gather in Philadelphia to discuss Preliminary Draft No. 5, which includes three Sections from Part III. Children in the Justice System:
Rights of a Juvenile in Custody; Definition of Custody
by Richard Bonnie | May 1, 2018 | Children and the Law
Part III of the Children and the Law project deals with juvenile justice doctrine. In this area, modern courts increasingly have focused on differences between juvenile and adult offenders, often invoking research on adolescent development to guide legal decisionmaking. As the Introduction to this Part indicates, the Supreme Court has played an important role in promoting this developmental approach; in several opinions, the Court has determined that the immaturity of adolescents should inform the justice system response to juvenile offending.