Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Do We Care for Our Children? It’s Time to Incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Australian Law

Bao-Er, The Blue Mountains Legal Research Centre, Do We Care for Our Children? It’s Time to Incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Australian Law, Law Society Journal, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 66-68, June 2008
The care and protection of children in Australia has now become a topic of concern for [...]

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

You Can’t Get Here from Here: Toward a More Child-Centered Immigration Law

David B. Thronson, William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, You Can’t Get Here from Here: Toward a More Child-Centered Immigration Law, Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, Vol. 14, p. 58, 2006
This article analyzes a serious conceptual flaw in immigration law related to its treatment of children. The extensive integration of immigrants [...]

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Choice of Law in International Child Support Obligations: Hague or Vague, and Does it Matter?- an American Perspective

David S. Rosettenstein, Choice of Law in International Child Support Obligations: Hague or Vague, and Does it Matter?- an American Perspective, International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 122-134, 2008.
This article explores, through American eyes, the choice of law rules associated with the child support aspects of the proposed [...]

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Child Health Care Varies Widely Among States

According to USA Today, children on average are significantly healthier in certain states as opposed to others. Overall, when factoring in 13 measures of children’s health care, children are best off in the state of Iowa and worst off in the state of Oklahoma. In addition, some states have significantly higher percentages of children who [...]

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Plan for Restorative Justice for Juvenile Offenders

The Soros organization is beginning to set up programs in Alameda County, California for juvenile offenders to participate in restorative justice, allowing offenders to come to terms with their actions and to give them the needed support to move on with their lives.
As reported by Inside Bay Area:

Oakland attorney Sujatha Baliga says the juvenile justice [...]