Synopses & Reviews
This timely new series examines a broad range of perceived,
practical, or actual legal rights and freedoms impacting the daily lives of
teens. Each volume focuses on a different right or freedom. Material is
drawn from primary and secondary sources. Many volumes cover rights
guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and how these rights are interpreted and
protected in regards to minors.
Synopsis
It's thrilling to exercise your rights for the first time as a teenager. It's the choices we get to make all on our own, and hopefully they're well within the legal limits of what is allowed. This collection of essays examines and debates a teenager's perceived and real rights of emancipation. Issues such as medical care decisions, drinking and smoking, the age of sexual consent and marriage are explored, as well as the reasons why a teenager would want to declare emancipation from their guardians. Foster care situations are also explored.
Synopsis
•This series from Greenhaven Press examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of American teens.
•Many of the volumes cover rights guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and how these rights are interpreted and protected in regard to children and teens.
•The scope of the series also encompasses additional rights or freedoms, relating to both school and home environments.
•Teen Rights and Freedoms supports student assignments relating to government, politics, political science, history, law, psychology, and other social sciences.
•Each volume focuses on a different right or freedom and offers an anthology of key essays and articles on that right or freedom and the accompanying responsibilities.
•Material is drawn from a diverse selection of primary and secondary sources - journals, magazines, newspapers, nonfiction books, newsletters, position papers, speeches and government documents, with particular emphasis on Supreme Court and other court decisions.
•Each volume includes a list of organizations, a bibliography, and a subject index.