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Teen Legal Rights
Revised Edition
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Kathleen A. Hempelman
Book Code: GR0968
ISBN: 0-313-30968-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30968-7
320 pages, charts, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/2000
List Price: $65.00 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This revised and updated edition provides teenagers with the most current answers to their legal questions. The user-friendly question and answer format gives teenagers important and relevant information on a variety of topics of interest to them including driving a car, parental authority, school authority, sexual issues, and many more.... Teens will find this reference resource useful both for preparing term papers and for answering their own personal questions on the legal rights and responsibilities in all areas of their lives.
    —ADOLESCENE     Spring 2004
  • This work will be useful in high school libraries and larger public libraries. The layout of the table of contents and the comprehensive index will make this volume valuable at the reference desk.
    —ARBA     2001
  • I suspect this book may become the most used reference book in our school library. Teens looking for legal loopholes, advice, and research information will be certain to locate it in this text.
    —The Book Report
  • Get this book on your junior high or high school library shelf now!
    —Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher (GaleGroup.com)
  • This fascinating revised collection of legal questions and answers is an important resource for teens, parents and school administrators.
    —Today's Librarian
Description: A must-have for those who own the first edition, this revised and updated edition, provides teenagers with the most current answers to their legal questions. The user-friendly question and answer format, familiar to users of the first edition, gives teenagers important and relevant information on a variety of topics of interest to them including driving a car, parental authority, school authority, sexual issues, and many more. New material not only expands on topics covered in the first volume to reflect new legislation, but also includes hot new topics such as legal issues involved with Internet use and the legality of teaching creation science in school. Teens will find this reference resource useful both for preparing term papers and for answering their own personal questions on the legal rights and responsibilities in all areas of their lives. Eighteen topical chapters cover rights at home, in the car, and on the job, as well as issues involved with sexual activity and orientation, drug and alcohol use, and police conduct and criminal investigation. The final two chapters provide an introduction to the basic litigation process. A glossary provides easy-to-understand definitions of legal terms. In addition to new material enhancing the text of the volume, updates in this new edition include Web site information for teens interested in further pursuing specific topics as well as new and expanded lists of suggested readings.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: What Teen Rights Are All About
  • Behind the Wheel
  • At School
  • At Home
  • On the Job
  • On Your Own
  • Your Personal Appearance
  • If Your Parents Divorce
  • Your Sexual Life
  • Marrying and Having Children
  • Your Rights to Be Healthy and Safe from Abuse
  • Alcohol and Drugs
  • Teens and Crime
  • Age, Race, and Sex Discrimination
  • Gay and Lesbian Teens
  • Property Rights and Crimes Against Property
  • Entering into Contracts
  • Taking Matters to Court
  • How to Find the Law
  • Glossary
  • Index
LC Card Number: 99-056809
LCC Class: KF479
Dewey Class: 346
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