Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ275633
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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Legal Reforms Affecting Child and Youth Services: An Introduction.
Melton, Gary B.
Child and Youth Services, v5 n1-2 p1-4 Spr-Sum 1982
Several Supreme Court decisions in the last 15 years have demonstrated expanding recognition of the rights of minors and other dependent groups. At the same time, these recent trends have engendered conflicts concerning minors' competence to make judgments, relationships between child and family autonomy, and differing interests in child advocacy. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Children, Childrens Rights, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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