Article Title
Abstract
This paper will turn to philosophy to seek material for limiting the exercise of parens patriae power. A significant reduction of the government's role will better serve the modern concern for child rearing which is this century's re-definition of best interests.
Recommended Citation
Natalie L. Clark,
Parens Patriae and a Modest Proposal for the Twenty-First Century: Legal Philosophy and a New Look at Children's Welfare,
6
Mich. J. Gender & L.
381
(2000).
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https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjgl/vol6/iss2/2
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