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Why States Should Ban Adolescent Driving (Cont'd), Vivian E. Hamilton
Why States Should Ban Adolescent Driving (Cont'd), Vivian E. Hamilton
Vivian E. Hamilton
No abstract provided.
Will Marriage Promotion Work?, Vivian E. Hamilton
Will Marriage Promotion Work?, Vivian E. Hamilton
Vivian E. Hamilton
No abstract provided.
Why States Should Ban Adolescent Driving, Vivian E. Hamilton
Why States Should Ban Adolescent Driving, Vivian E. Hamilton
Vivian E. Hamilton
No abstract provided.
Immature Citizens And The State, Vivian E. Hamilton
Immature Citizens And The State, Vivian E. Hamilton
Vivian E. Hamilton
Citizens are born, but they are also made. How its citizens come to be—whether the educations they receive will expand or constrain their future options, whether the values they assimilate will encourage or dissuade their civic engagement, etc.—fundamentally concerns the state. Through the power it wields over a vast range of policymaking contexts, the state can significantly influence (or designate those who will influence) many of the formative experiences of young citizens. Young citizens’ accumulated experiences in turn can significantly influence the future mature citizens they will become. The state insufficiently considers the cumulative nature of its citizens’ development, however. …
Adulthood In Law And Culture, Vivian E. Hamilton
Adulthood In Law And Culture, Vivian E. Hamilton
Vivian E. Hamilton
Young people today come of age in a cultural and economic milieu that prolongs their attainment of the traditional markers of adulthood. Their subjective conceptions of the transition to adulthood also depart radically from the traditional conception, with its emphasis on discrete transition events (including marriage and entry into the workforce). Instead, the modern transition to adulthood is a gradual process comprising the acquisition of general capabilities, rather than the achievement of externally constructed events. The state-established age of legal majority stands in marked contrast to this gradual and prolonged process. Not only does it categorically establish the inception of …