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Juvenile Law

Cleveland State Law Review

1971

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Character Evidence And The Juvenile Record, Terrence N. O'Donnell Jan 1971

Character Evidence And The Juvenile Record, Terrence N. O'Donnell

Cleveland State Law Review

When a youngster makes a mistake and is arrested for committing a crime, should that act, committed while he is still a juvenile, appear and reappear, to haunt the offender for the rest of his life? There are some people in this country who say that we are not tough enough with our young people. But even they would not want the life of a young person marred forever by a mistake which he made as a juvenile.


Contributory Negligence Of Very Young Children, James B. Wilkens Jan 1971

Contributory Negligence Of Very Young Children, James B. Wilkens

Cleveland State Law Review

If in backing your car out of a driveway you look to only one side as you approach the sidewalk, and strike and injure a pedestrian approaching from the other side, who had been so engrossed in conversation with a companion as not to have cast even a glance up the driveway, your liability for his injuries might well depend upon his age. The standard of care required (in most circumstances) of normal adults (and corporations) for the protection of themselves and of others is that they take such care as ordinary prudent persons would take in the circumstances. Little, …