Children and the Law Posts
Caren Harp on the DOJ’s Changing Approach to Juvenile Justice
Caren Harp, a former prosecutor and public defender in Arkansas and a law professor at Liberty University, speaks about her role as Administrator of the Justice Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention in a recent LA Times interview.
Children and the Law: Adjudicative Competence in Criminal Proceedings
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
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.
Protecting Children in Criminal Procedures
In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, Juvenile Law Center’s Co-Founder Marsha Levick and Columbia Law Professor Elizabeth Scott discuss the vulnerability of children when they enter the justice system.
Welcome to the Border: Asylum Seekers in the Trump Era
If you believe the rhetoric, the U.S.-Mexico border is a repugnant and dangerous place roiling with unseemly people sneaking into our country, smuggling drugs and escaping law enforcement.
October 2018 Council Updates
During its meeting in New York City on October 18 and 19, the ALI Council reviewed drafts for seven Institute projects. Drafts or portions of drafts for six projects received Council approval, subject to the meeting discussion and to the usual prerogative to make nonsubstantive editorial improvements.
The Students Suing for a Constitutional Right to Education
Nearly all of the world’s 180-plus countries include the term education in their constitution. Most guarantee every child the right to free education, and many make participation in some form of schooling mandatory; some even provide universal access to affordable college.
What is the Children and the Law Restatement?
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
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:
The Path of Education Reform: Law, Politics, and Public Policy
The panel discussion “The Path of Education Reform: Law, Politics, and Public Policy” was held at ALI’s 2018 Annual Meeting. The discussion addressed topics surrounding education reform, including race, language, economic means, charter and private schools, and more.