Children and the Law: Rights & Obligations provides an in-depth analysis of children's legal rights as consumers, victims, and perpetrators. The multiple-volume set covers areas such as:
- Child welfare
- Termination of parental rights
- Child custody and support
- Guardianship
- Juvenile delinquency
- Dependency and severance
- Adoption, including international adoption
- Education
- Domestic relations
- Healthcare
- The limits on school officials to police the private lives of students
- Life imprisonment without parole as an unconstitutional sentence for a nonhomicide juvenile case
- Criminal consequences of “sexting”
- The rights of children with AIDS
- Searches of students' lockers, cars, purses, and persons
Appendixes contain state-by-state summaries of the law.