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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.
Why States Should Ban Adolescent Driving, Vivian E. Hamilton
Why States Should Ban Adolescent Driving, Vivian E. Hamilton
Vivian E. Hamilton
No abstract provided.
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 …