Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
x, 329 pages ; 23 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
SECTION I: TEENS AND SCHOOLS: The First Amendment in school -- Dress codes -- School prayer -- Compulsory attendance laws, private schools, and home schools -- Searches in school -- Confidentiality of school records -- Sexual harassment and discrimination in school -- Discrimination in athletics -- Students with disabilities -- School discipline -- Expulsion from private school -- Dropping out and the GED -- Suing the school -- SECTION II: TEENS AND HOME: Becoming an adult -- Teens' rights versus the rights of others -- Discipline by parents -- When parents divorce -- Running away -- Financial responsibility -- Insurance -- Driving -- Vandalism -- Sexual crimes and physical abuse -- Alcohol, tobacco, drugs and weapons -- SECTION III: Eating disorders -- Suicide -- Birth control -- Abortion -- Marriage -- Medical care -- Confidentiality in other settings -- SECTION IV: TEENS AND WORK: Limitations on young workers -- Rights and obligations of workers -- Discrimination in the workplace -- SECTION V: TEENS AND PROPERTY: Teens and property ownership -- Signing contracts -- SECTION VI: TEENS AND THE COURTS: Suing and being sued -- Role of the lawyers -- Juveniles and the criminal justice system -- Dependency and neglect cases -- Teens as criminal victims -- Legal research. |
Subject |
Teenagers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Popular works.
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Minors -- United States -- Popular works.
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ISBN |
1572482214 paperback alkaline paper |
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