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Author Silverstein, Helena.

Title Girls on the stand : how courts fail pregnant minors / Helena Silverstein.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  342.084 Si39g 2007    ---  Available
Description xi, 239 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and index.
Contents Parental involvement mandates -- A balancing act -- The legal landscape -- Gaining access to the bypass process -- Satisfaction -- Ignorance -- Misconduct -- The judicial pulpit -- Judgment day -- Facing the fetus -- Law and politics -- The constitutional fine print -- Myth-guided policy.
Subject Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Teenage mothers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Teenage pregnancy -- United States.
Judicial discretion -- United States.
Judicial process -- United States.
Minors -- United States.
ISBN 9780814740316 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814740316 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2495009

 
    
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