Andrea Kang Wooster | November 10, 2024 | Children and the Law, Torts: Remedies
State courts continue to look not only to the Institute’s established work, but also to drafts of its ongoing projects. In one recent case, the Supreme Court of Nevada quoted drafts of the Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, in evaluating whether a juvenile...
Richard Bonnie, Emily Buss, Clare Huntington, Solangel Maldonado, Elizabeth S. Scott and Jennifer Morinigo | July 26, 2024 | Children and the Law
At the 2024 Annual Meeting, Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law Tentative Draft No. 6 (TD No. 6) was approved by ALI membership, subject to the discussion at the meeting and usual editorial prerogative. The below black letter is excerpted from this draft,...
Douglas NeJaime | June 13, 2024 | Children and the Law
Below is the abstract for “Parents in Fact,” available for download on SSRN. The Restatement of Law, Children and the Law, protects a child’s relationship with a “de facto parent”—a person who has “established a bonded and dependent relationship with the child that is...
Richard Bonnie, Emily Buss, Clare Huntington, Solangel Maldonado, Elizabeth S. Scott and Jennifer Morinigo | May 22, 2024 | Children and the Law
The American Law Institute’s membership voted today to approve Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, the first Restatement to comprehensively examine the legal regulation of children. Launched in 2015, this Restatement covers issues such as parental rights and...
Naomi R. Cahn, Maxine Eichner and Mary E. Ziegler | May 8, 2024 | Children and the Law
Below is the abstract for “Children at Work, Parental Rights– and Rhetoric” available for download on SSRN. Child labor protections are under attack in multiple states. The attempted rollback of these protections is occurring at a time of growing socioeconomic...
Richard Bonnie | April 17, 2024 | Children and the Law
Below is the abstract for “Adolescents in the Justice System: A Progress Report on the Restatement of Children and the Law,” available for download on SSRN. Professor Elizabeth Scott, the chief reporter of the American Law Institute’s (ALI) Restatement of Children and...
