Lauren Klosinski | December 13, 2018 | American Indian Law, Children and the Law, Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations, Consumer Contracts, Policing, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
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...
Alia Wong | December 4, 2018 | Children and the Law
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...
Elizabeth S. Scott, Richard Bonnie, Emily Buss, Clare Huntington, Solangel Maldonado, David D. Meyer and Jennifer Morinigo | October 19, 2018 | Children and the Law
Since the 1960s, the law’s treatment of children has become increasingly complex and uncertain, in ways that would make the publication of a Restatement particularly valuable to courts, legislatures, and practicing lawyers. The Children and the Law Restatement aims to...
Jennifer Morinigo, Elizabeth S. Scott, Richard Bonnie, Emily Buss, Clare Huntington, Solangel Maldonado and David D. Meyer | October 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: 15.60. Use of Delinquency Finding as a Predicate for...
Pauline Toboulidis | October 4, 2018 | Children and the Law
Panelists address education reform in “The Path of Education Reform: Law, Politics, and Public Policy,” a discussion held at ALI’s 2018 Annual Meeting. Moderated by California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu, the discussion addressed covered several topics in...
Lauren Klosinski | September 13, 2018 | Children and the Law
Justin Driver of the University of Chicago Law School recently visited the National Constitution Center for a stimulating discussion on the role the U.S. Supreme Court has played in defining the rights of students in America’s public schools, from race and drugs to...
