Children's rights promises to be one of the most rapidly developing and increasingly complex areas of judicial research and litigation. Now a new and significiant legal reference collection, the Legal Directory of Children's Rights, a complete collection of statutes pertaining to children, minors, juveniles, and dependents, is available from Greenwood Press under the University Publications of America imprint. An important contribution to judicial studies and practice, the Legal Directory of Children's Rights collects and thoroughly indexes for the first time the current state and federal laws on children's rights. In recent years, legislatures and courts throughout the country have rewritten and reinterpreted many of the statutes regarding children. Taken from all relevant federal and state sources, the laws presented in all four volumes of the Legal Directory of Children's Rights are those affecting all aspects of childhood, the responsibilities of juveniles, and adult and parental obligations to children. Topics covered include child abuse, adoption, various benefit programs, discrimintation, education, employment, exploitation, foster care, special treatment for the handicapped, health care, juvenile delinquency, mental health rights, nutrition, poison control, privacy, public safety, school lunch programs, sexual abuse, student's rights, and taxes.



There can be little doubt that this comprehensive and useful collection will prove to be an indispensable research tool for those involved in children's rights. The Legal Directory of Children's Rights is a long overdue and most welcome addition to this field of judicial studies.