Children in the Legal System: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press 6th ed. 2020) (with Samuel M. Davis, Elizabeth Scott, & Walter Wadlington) (with Teachers' Manual). AMAZON
Family Law: Cases, Texts, Problems (LexisNexis abridged 5th ed. 2014) (with Ira Mark Ellman, Paul M. Kurtz, Brian H. Bix, Karen Czapanskiy & Maxine Eichner) (with Teachers' Manual).
Family Law: Cases, Texts, Problems (LexisNexis 5th ed. 2010) (with Ira Mark Ellman, Paul M. Kurtz, Brian H. Bix, Karen Czapanskiy & Maxine Eichner).
Psychology and Child Custody Determinations: Knowledge, Roles, and Expertise (Univ. of Nebraska Press
1987) (editor).
Community Mental Health Centers and the Courts: An Evaluation of Community–Based Forensic Services (Univ. of Nebraska Press
1985) (with Gary B. Melton & Christopher Slobogin).
Children, Mental Health, and the Law (Sage Publications
1984) (with N. Dickon Reppucci et al.).
Journal Articles
Providing Adolescents with Independent and Confidential Access to Childhood Vaccines: A Proposal to Lower the Age of Consent, 52 Conn. L. Rev. 771 (2020) (with Dorit Rubinstein Reiss). FULLTEXTSSRN
Psychological Distress, Mental Disorder, and Assessment of Decisionmaking Capacity under U.S. Medical Aid in Dying Statutes, 71 Hastings L.J. 637 (2020). FULLTEXT
When Does A Minor’s Legal Competence To Make Health Care Decisions Matter?, 146 Pediatrics (Supp. 1) (Aug. 2020). URL
A Constitutional Jurisprudence of Children’s Vulnerability, 69 Hastings L.J. 179 (2017). FULLTEXT
Responding to the Childhood Vaccination Crisis: Legal Frameworks and Tools in the Context of Parental Vaccine Refusal, 63 Buff. L. Rev. 881 (2015) (with Dorit Rubinstein Reiss). FULLTEXTSSRN
Developmental Neuroscience, Children's Relationships with Primary Caregivers, and Child Protection Policy Reform, 63 Hastings L.J. 1487 (2012). FULLTEXT
Lost in Translation: The Unintended Consequences of Advance Directive Law on Clinical Care, 154 Annals Internal Med. 121 (2011) (with Lesley S. Castillo, Brie A. Williams, Sarah M. Hooper, Charles P. Sabatino & Rebecca L. Sudore). URL
Can a Subsequent Change in Law Void a Marriage that Was Valid at its Inception? Considering the Legal Effect of Proposition 8 on California's Existing Same-Sex Marriages, 60 Hastings L.J. 1063 (2009). FULLTEXTSSRN
Conceptual Hurdles to the Application of Atkins v. Virginia, 59 Hastings L.J. 1203 (2008). FULLTEXTSSRN
Envisioning Second-Order Change in America's Responses to Troubled and Troublesome Youth, 33 Hofstra L. Rev. 1305 (2005). FULLTEXTSSRN
Protecting Children from Exposure to Domestic Violence: The Use and Abuse of Child Maltreatment Statutes, 53 Hastings L.J. 1 (2001). FULLTEXTSSRN
Domestic Violence and Children: Analysis and Recommendations, 9 Future of Child. 4 (Winter 1999) (with Lucy S. Carter & Richard E. Behrman). FULLTEXT
Youth Participation in Family and Community Decision Making, 2 Fam. Futures 6 (1998).
Children's Capacities To Decide About Participation in Research, 5 IRB: Rev. Hum. Subjects Res. 1 (Mar.–Apr. 1983).
Developmental Factors and Competence to Make Informed Treatment Decisions, 5 Child & Youth Services 85 (1982) (reprinted inLegal Reforms Affecting Child & Youth Services 85 (Gary B. Melton ed., Haworth Press 1982)). URL
The Competency of Children and Adolescents to Make Informed Treatment Decisions, 53 Child Dev. 1589 (1982) (with Susan B. Campbell). FULLTEXT
A Comparison of Extreme Groups of Good and Poor Foster Placements, 6 Soc. Welfare 49 (1979) (with S.G. Campbell, R Simon, D Krikston, & K. Connolly).
Child Abuse Training: A Community–Based Interdisciplinary Program, 14 Community Mental Health J. 179 (1978) (with Elizabeth Elmer et al.).
Chapters In Books
Medical Care and Procedures, Consent to, inThe Child: An Encyclopedic Companion ___ (Richard A. Schweder, ed., University of Chicago Press 2009). AMAZON
The Legal Contexts of Forensic Assessment of Children and Families, inForensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents 11 (Steven N. Sparta & Gerald P. Koocher eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2006). CATALOG
Informed Consent, in4 Encyclopedia of Psychology 297 (Alan E. Kazdin ed., Am. Psychological Ass'n 2000). CATALOG
Children's Involvement in Research Participation Decisions: Psychological Considerations, inChildren as Research Subjects 133 (Michael A. Grodin & Leonard H. Glantz eds., Oxford Univ. Press 1994) (with David G. Scherer). CATALOG
Legal and Ethical Issues in Pediatric Psychology, inHandbook of Pediatric Psychology 567 (Donald K. Routh ed., Guilford Press 1988) (with M.A. McCabe).
Informed Consent for Prevention Research Involving Children: Legal and Ethical Issues, inPreventing Mental Disorders: A Research Perspective 226 (Jane A. Steinberg & Morton M. Silverman eds., National Institute of Mental Health 1987).
Professional Responsibility in the Dissemination of Psychological Research in Legal Contexts, inReforming the Law: Impact of Child Development Research 253 (Gary B. Melton ed., Guilford Press 1987). CATALOG
Psychological Consultation in Divorce Custody Litigation: Ethical Considerations, inPsychology and Child Custody Determinations: Knowledge, Roles and Expertise 183 (Lois A. Weithorn ed., Univ. of Nebraska Press 1987).
Psychological Evaluations in Divorce Custody: Problems, Principles, and Procedures Considerations, inPsychology and Child Custody Determinations: Knowledge, Roles and Expertise 157 (Lois A. Weithorn ed., Univ. of Nebraska Press 1987) (with Thomas Grisso).
Children's Capacities for Participation in Treatment Decision–Making, inEmerging Issues in Child Psychiatry and the Law 22 (Elissa P. Benedek & Diane H. Schetky eds., Brunner/Mazel, Inc. 1985).
Children's Capacities in Legal Contexts, inChildren, Mental Health, and the Law 25 (N. Dickon Reppucci et al. eds., Sage Publications 1984).
Involving Children in Decisions Affecting Their Own Welfare, inChildren's Competence to Consent 235 (Gary B Melton, Gerald P Koocher, & Michael J Saks eds., Plenum Press 1983).
Drug TherapyChildren's Rights, inDrugs and the Special Child 203 (Michael Jay Cohen ed., Gardner Press 1979).
Book Reviews
Interpreting the Law for the Mental Health Professional, 2 Contemp. Psychiatry 198 (1983) (reviewing Robert L. Sadoff, Legal Issues in the Care of Psychiatric Patients (1982)).
Student Notes/Comments
Note, Mental Hospitalization of Troublesome Youth: An Analysis of Skyrocketing Admission Rates, 40 Stan. L. Rev. 773 (1988). HEINWL
Dissertations & Theses
Competency to Render Informed Treatment Decisions: A Comparison Of Certain Minors and Adults (1980) (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pittsburgh) (on file with author).