According to a study conducted by the Tahirih Justice Center, more than 200,000 children under age 18 were married between the years 2000 and 2015 in the United States. Although all states have statutory minimum age requirements for marriage, there are exceptions in some states that allow...

This article examines whether the hepatitis B vaccination mandate for infants and young children, which exists in 47 states, is constitutional. It reviews relevant judicial and statutory precedents, including constitutional precedents on autonomy, bodily integrity and medical decision making....

The Constitution of India has been an outstanding document for protecting the rights and interest of its citizen. The children are no exception to it as various provisions, right from the Preamble, Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy to the present day judicial...

"The Rothbarth model of intrahousehold resource allocation has consistently failed to detect child gender bias in many applications over the past two decades. This paper challenges the current consensus that the Rothbarth method is not effective in revealing child gender bias from consumption...

"This paper examines the impacts of natural disasters on schooling investments with special focus on the roles of ex-ante actions and ex-post responses using panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The importance of ex-ante actions depends on disaster risks and the likelihood of public...