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Book SynopsisEvaluating changes in liberal political theory and jurisprudence, particularly American liberalism after WWII, this book argues that the expansion of rights for adults has come at a high and generally unnoticed cost. It documents the indifference of liberal theorists and jurists to what were long deemed core elements of children's welfare.
Trade Review"Tubbs has written a fine, valuable polemic, one that rightly highlights the precarious place of children in our promiscuous age."--Dorothea Israel Wobon, Claremont Review of Books "The trenchant questions that Freedom's Orphans raises about contemporary liberalism's potentially misplaced priorities are ones that readers of any political orientation would do well to consider."--Harvard Law Review
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter One: How the "Moral Reticence" of Contemporary Liberalism Affects Children 18 Chapter Two: Children and the False Charms of Liberal Feminism 46 Chapter Three: The "Right to Privacy" and Some Forgotten Interests of Children 99 Chapter Four: Conflicting Images of Children in First Amendment Jurisprudence 139 Chapter Five: Looking Backwards and Forward 197 Index 221
