Teen rights (and responsibilities) a legal guide for teens and the adults in their lives

Main Author: Truly, Traci.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Naperville, Ill. : Sphinx Pub., 2005.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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 in school
  • Discrimination in athletics
  • Students with disabilities
  • School discipline
  • Expulsion from private school
  • Dropping out and the ged
  • Suing the school
  • 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
  • The internet
  • Eating disorders
  • Suicide
  • Birth control
  • Abortion
  • Marriage
  • Medical care
  • Confidentiality in other setting
  • Limitations on young workers
  • Rights and obligations of workers
  • Discrimination in the workplace
  • Teens and property ownership
  • Signing contracts
  • Suing and being sued
  • Role of the lawyers
  • Juveniles and the criminal justice system
  • Dependency and neglect cases
  • Teens as crime victims
  • Legal research.