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Children's Rights and the Voluntary Civil Commitment of Minors : Parham v. J.L.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children.
- Due process of law.
- Judge-made law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (5 pages) : digital, PDF file
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1979-1980.
- System Details:
- System requirements: PDF reader software.
- text file
- Summary:
- Discusses Supreme Court decisions involving the commitment of minors by parents or guardians to State mental institutions, in which the Court ruled that although due process required a neutral fact-finder to make an inquiry concerning whether a child should be committed, a formal adversarial proceeding was not required prior to commitment.
- Notes:
- CRS Report.
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Children's Rights and the Voluntary Civil Commitment of Minors: Parham v. J.L
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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