Foreword

John Witte, Jr.

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What’s Right for Children

Jimmy Carter

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Municipal Legal Obligations of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child: The South African Model

Johan D. van der Vyver

9

Ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, But Don’t Expect Any Miracles

Martin Guggenheim

43

Children’s Rights and American Law: A Response to What’s Wrong with Children’s Rights

Howard Davidson

69

Overcoming Religious Objections to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

David M. Smolin

81

The Religious Right and the Opposition to U.S.  Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

T. Jeremy Gunn

111

The “Right” of Religious Liberty of the Child: Its Meaning, Measure, and Justification

Patrick McKinley Brennan

129

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Should It Be Ratified and Why?

Don S. Browning

157

The Role of the United States in the Drafting of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Cynthia Price Cohen

185

What Does the Children’s Convention Require?

Jaap E. Doek

199

Prospects for Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

David Weissbrodt

209

“But Even So, Look at That”: Working with the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Martin E. Marty

217

Bullseye!: Why a “Targeting” Approach to Personal Jurisdiction in the E-Commerce Context Makes Sense Internationally

Brian D. Boone

241

The Future of Criminal Jurisdiction over the Deployed American Soldier: Four Major Trends in Bilateral U.S. Status of Forces Agreements

John W. Egan

291

Underwater Cultural Heritage: Is the Titanic Still in Peril as Courts Battle over the Future of the Historical Vessel?

Marian Leigh Miller

345

“Phishing” for a Solution: Domestic and  International Approaches to Decreasing Online Identity Theft

Lauren L. Sullins

397

Nongovernmental Organizations and the International Criminal Court: Implications of Hobbes’ Theories of Human Nature and the Development of Social Institutions for Their Evolving Relationship

Andrea E. K. Thomas

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