LAWS324

A contemporary study of the legal and social features of the relationships between children, parents, and the state, this course includes consideration of conventional domestic United States legal requirements regarding marriage and divorce, as well as contemporary social issues that vary from state to state concerning how family is defined, how parental rights are defined, and the participation of children in the relationship between the family and the state. The impact of substantive and procedural legal requirements as a sustainable system will be studied. The impact of religious, environmental and economic factors will be considered. Global guidelines and best practices will be used to examine traditional justice approaches
compared to innovative emphases such as harm reduction; restorative justice (RJ); therapeutic justice (TJ).