children's rights

Presents fourteen essays that debate children's rights issues, including child labor, abortion consent, female circumcision, voting rights, school policies, and others.

Offers factual information about children's rights, providing a brief history of child labor; discussing the rights of teens in the United States, trafficking, and child soldiers; addressing the experiences of children who are forced to marry or are sexually abused; and exploring possible solutions to the problems.

A dictionary of terms related to the legal rights of children and young adults.

Presents a short study on the rights that are afforded children under the legal age, and discusses early child labor laws, the rights on minors in school, the juvenile justice system, and more.

Briefly discusses the legal rights of individuals, emphasizing real-life situations in which teenagers may find themselves.

Provides information to help the reader understand laws, recognize responsibilities, and appreciate rights especially in relation to parents, school, job, and personal matters.

Explains the basic rights of children and that all children do not live a life in which their needs are met.

Examines legal cases about privacy, visitation and divorce, search and seizure, dress code, drug testing, free speech in school newspapers and yearbooks, sexual harassment at work, transfer to adult court, and the death penalty.

Examines the rights of young people, particularly students, in the United States, how they have been established and protected, and how they differ from those of adults.

Explains the rights and freedom provided by law for minors and the legal limits imposed upon them. Discusses juvenile court and minors' legal rights after arrest.