Teen Legal Rights, 3rd Edition

Widespread Internet use and evolving privacy concerns compromise the legal rights of teenagers. While smart phones, social networking, and online music downloading pose new legal complications for teens and their parents to navigate, the Supreme Court has grappled with rights concerning every aspect of a young adult's life long before now. This newly updated text, written in accessible language and presented through an informal FAQ format, simplifies the laws, rights, and constitutional implications affecting young people today.

In an easy-to-understand, non-intimidating style, First Amendment scholar David L. Hudson Jr. provides an authoritative analysis of the judicial system, utilizing actual court cases and legal arguments to help teens better understand their rights under the law. Additionally, the text presents recent changes and interpretations of legal areas still in debate. This third edition features an updated examination of recent topics that includes cyberbullying, "sexting," social media privacy, and illegal downloads of online content.

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Teen Legal Rights, 3rd Edition

Widespread Internet use and evolving privacy concerns compromise the legal rights of teenagers. While smart phones, social networking, and online music downloading pose new legal complications for teens and their parents to navigate, the Supreme Court has grappled with rights concerning every aspect of a young adult's life long before now. This newly updated text, written in accessible language and presented through an informal FAQ format, simplifies the laws, rights, and constitutional implications affecting young people today.

In an easy-to-understand, non-intimidating style, First Amendment scholar David L. Hudson Jr. provides an authoritative analysis of the judicial system, utilizing actual court cases and legal arguments to help teens better understand their rights under the law. Additionally, the text presents recent changes and interpretations of legal areas still in debate. This third edition features an updated examination of recent topics that includes cyberbullying, "sexting," social media privacy, and illegal downloads of online content.

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Teen Legal Rights, 3rd Edition

Teen Legal Rights, 3rd Edition

by David L. Hudson Jr.
Teen Legal Rights, 3rd Edition

Teen Legal Rights, 3rd Edition

by David L. Hudson Jr.

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Overview

Widespread Internet use and evolving privacy concerns compromise the legal rights of teenagers. While smart phones, social networking, and online music downloading pose new legal complications for teens and their parents to navigate, the Supreme Court has grappled with rights concerning every aspect of a young adult's life long before now. This newly updated text, written in accessible language and presented through an informal FAQ format, simplifies the laws, rights, and constitutional implications affecting young people today.

In an easy-to-understand, non-intimidating style, First Amendment scholar David L. Hudson Jr. provides an authoritative analysis of the judicial system, utilizing actual court cases and legal arguments to help teens better understand their rights under the law. Additionally, the text presents recent changes and interpretations of legal areas still in debate. This third edition features an updated examination of recent topics that includes cyberbullying, "sexting," social media privacy, and illegal downloads of online content.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781610697002
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date: 03/10/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 354
File size: 509 KB

About the Author

David L. Hudson Jr., JD, is an attorney, educator, and author who serves as director of academic affairs and legal writing at the Nashville School of Law. He also teaches at Vanderbilt Law School and Belmont University College of Law.

Table of Contents

List of Tables vii

Introduction to the Third Edition: Teen Legal Rights Today ix

Chapter 1 Behind the Wheel 1

Chapter 2 At School 21

Chapter 3 At Home 77

Chapter 4 On the Job 93

Chapter 5 On Your Own 133

Chapter 6 Your Personal Appearance 143

Chapter 7 If Your Parents Divorce 149

Chapter 8 Your Sexual Life 163

Chapter 9 Marrying and Having Children 179

Chapter 10 Your Right to Be Healthy and Safe from Abuse 191

Chapter 11 Alcohol and Drugs 215

Chapter 12 Teens and Crime 231

Chapter 13 Equal Protection and Employment Discrimination 263

Chapter 14 Gay and Lesbian Teens 275

Chapter 15 Property Rights and Crimes against Property 283

Chapter 16 Entering into Contracts 293

Chapter 17 Taking Matters to Court 297

Chapter 18 How to Find the Law 315

Chapter 19 Teens in a Virtual World 321

Glossary 335

Index 351

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