Parens Patriae and a Modest Proposal for the Twenty-First Century: Legal Philosophy and a New Look at Children's Welfare

Authors

Natalie Loder Clark, Northern Illinois University College of Law

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).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjgl/vol6/iss2/2