Preface
Acknowledgments
One: Litigation and the Dynamics of Social Reform
-The Nature of Institutional Reform Litigation-Judicial Behavior and Institutional Capacity
-Interest Groups and Litigation
-Political Environment
Two: Discretionary Justice and the Decline of The Rehabilitative Ideal
-Founding Principles-Second Thoughts
-State Reforms and National Reassessment
Three: An Unexpected Opportunity: Kent v. United States
-Juvenile Justice in the District of Columbia-The Genesis of a Supreme Court Case
-The First Appeal
-Arguments Before the Supreme Court
-The Supreme Court Decides
Four: Gault: the Road to Washington
-The Legal Framework of Juvenile Justice in America-From Committal to Habeas Corpus
-Appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court
-Preparations for the U.S. Supreme Court
Five: Gault in the Supreme Court
-The Case Against Parens Patriae-The Case for Parens Patriae
-The Court Decides
Six: Constitutional Challenges Beyond Gault
-Unanswered Questions-The Winship Case
-The Renaissance of Contextual Due Process and Fundamental Fairness
Seven: Constitutional Domestication and the New Juvenile Court
-The Impact on Juvenile Courtrooms-The Impact on the Juvenile Court Reform Movement
-The Impact on State Legislation
Eight: Litigation and Juvenile Court Reform
-Political Environment-Interest Groups
-Judicial Personnel and Institutional Attributes
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index