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Child Rights & Remedies provides a comprehensive rights-based analysis of how the U.S. legal system, inboth its legal and political dimensions, is affecting American children. It examines the barriers to child-sensitive public policy, and the true legal status of children with regard to poverty, education, health, specialneeds, child care, child abuse, juvenile crime and detention, reproductive rights, custody and civil liberties.Backing up an extensive legal reference to over 190 leading cases with probing commentaries and the mostrecent statistics reflecting the socio-economic circumstances of children, Child Rights & Remedies serves asa unique tool for all who are concerned about the well-being of the nation's children, and seek politico-legalmeans to improve it." an extraordinarily comprehensive and thought provoking text on Children's Rights and Remedies. This text is a must read for allchild advocates who wish to advance the rights of children."MAUREEN FARRELL-STEVENSON, President , National Association of Counsel for Children
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"Child Rights & Remedies is high-end one-stop shopping for child advocacy professionals who want to excel at their work." WILLIAM H. BENTLEY, MSW President & CEO, Voices for America's Children
This book works as a very comprehensive recruiter for students and other citizens who wish to help build a society and culture that nurtures the young into fulfilling their life's possibilities." RALPH NADER
"Finally, a distinguished advocate/scholar has produced a casebook on child-related public policy establishment, implementation, and legal challenges..." HOWARD DAVIDSON Director, ABA Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association
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is Executive Director of the Children's Advocacy Institute and holds the Price Chair in Public Interest Law at the Unviersity of San Diego. He has authored or contributed to fourteen books, and has served on the boards of Voices for America's Children and currently of Maternal and CHild Health Access Foundation in Los Angeles and of First Star Foundation. He is Chairman of the Board for the Public Citizen Foundation in Washington. Fellmeth is a graduate of Stanford University (BA) and Harvard University (JD).
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