Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The note examines the legal and practical challenges of holding parents accountable for their children's criminal acts, particularly when influenced by internet content. It questions the effectiveness of parental liability laws and highlights the tension between child protection, parental rights, and internet regulation. While acknowledging the complexity of these issues, the note suggests that parental liability should only apply when a clear causal link exists between negligence and harm, though proving such a link is legally challenging. Ultimately, the analysis advocates for a nuanced approach to balancing these competing interests.
Disciplines
Communications Law | Constitutional Law | First Amendment | Internet Law | Law | Law and Gender | Science and Technology Law | Torts
Recommended Citation
Katherine R. Richardson,
Parental Liability and the Criminal Misconduct of Children in the Wake of an Unregulated Internet: Who Should Pay?,
7
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
29
(2000).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol7/iss1/4
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