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DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services

Further Readings



  • Elsasser, Glen. "Court: States Not Liable for Child Abuse." Chicago Tribune. 23 February 1989.
  • Farber, Daniel A. "Government Liability After DeShaney." Trial. May 1989, 18-20.
  • Fischer, Kathleen. "Where Have all the Heroes Gone? A Study of Juvenile Related Decisions Following DeShaney." Journal of Juvenile Law, Vol. 11, no. 1, 1990, pp. 23-32.
  • Hentoff, Nat. "No Comment from Joshua." Washington Post. 18 November 1989.
  • Kemp, James M. "DeShaney and Its Progeny--The Failure to Mandate that Public Schools Protect Our Tender Youth." Journal of Law and Education, Vol. 24, no. 4, fall, 1995, pp. 679-688.
  • Kilpatrick, James. "Court was Right in DeShaney Case." San Francisco Chronicle. 2 March 1989.
  • Oren, Laura. "DeShaney's Unfinished Business: The Foster Child's Due Process Right to Safety." North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 69, no. 1, November, 1990, pp. 113-158.
  • Reidinger, Paul. "Why Did No One Protect This Child?" ABA Journal. 1 December 1988, pp. 49-51.
  • "States Don't Have to Protect Kids, High Court Says." San Francisco Chronicle. 23 February 1989.
  • Stern, Lynne Jodi. "Young Lives Betrayed: DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services." New England Law Review. Vol. 25, no. 4, summer, 1991, pp. 1251-1293.
  • "An `Undeniably Tragic' Ruling." The Boston Globe. 24 February 1989.

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