Elizabeth S. Scott

Publications

• Comment on Part 4 Essays: Goodwin and Dailey and Rosenbury
  91 U. CHI. L. REV. (2024) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2024
• The Enduring Importance of Parental Rights
  90 FORDHAM L. REV. 2529 (2022) · Fordham Law Review · 2022
• Conceptualizing Legal Childhood in the Twenty-First Century
  118 MICH. L. REV. 1371 (2020) · Michigan Law Review · 2020
• In Defense of Empiricism in Family Law
  95 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1507 (2020) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2020

• Brain Development, Social Context, and Justice Policy
  57 WASH. U. J. L. & POL'Y 013 (2018) · Washington University Journal of Law & Policy · 2018
• Young Adulthood as a Transitional Legal Category: Science, Social Change, and Justice Policy
  85 FORDHAM L. REV. 641 (2016) · Fordham Law Review · 2016
• Gender Politics and Child Custody: The Puzzling Persistence of the Best-Interests Standard
  77 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 69 (2014) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2014
• Miller v. Alabama and the (Past and) Future of Juvenile Crime Regulation
  31 MINN. J. L. & INEQ. 535 (2013) · Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality · 2013
• Social Welfare and Fairness in Juvenile Crime Regulation
  71 LA. L. REV. (2010) · Louisiana Law Review · 2010

• Surrogacy and the Politics of Commodification
  72 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 109 (2009) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2009
• Developmental Incompetence, Due Process, and Juvenile Justice Policy
  83 N. C. L. REV. 793 (2005) · North Carolina Law Review · 2005
• Marriage, Cohabitation and Collective Responsibility for Dependency
  2004 U. CHI. LEGAL F. (2004) · University of Chicago Legal Forum · 2004
• Parental Autonomy and Children's Welfare
  11 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 1071 (2003) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2003
• The Legal Construction of Adolescence
  29 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2000) · Hofstra Law Review · 2000
• Social Norms and the Legal Regulation of Marriage
  86 VA. L. REV. 1901 (2000) · Virginia Law Review · 2000

• Marriage as Relational Contract
  84 VA. L. REV. 1225 (1998) · Virginia Law Review · 1998
• The Evolution of Adolescence: A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Justice Reform
  88 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 137 (1997) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1997
• Parents as Fiduciaries
  81 VA. L. REV. 2401 (1995) · Virginia Law Review · 1995
• Rehabilitating Liberalism in Modern Divorce Law
  1994 UTAH L. REV. (1994) · Utah Law Review · 1994
• Judgment and Reasoning in Adolescent Decisionmaking
  37 VILL. L. REV. 1607 (1992) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 1992
• Pluralism, Parental Preference, and Child Custody
  80 CAL. L. REV. 615 (1992) · California Law Review · 1992
• Rational Decisionmaking about Marriage and Divorce
  76 VA. L. REV. 9 (1990) · Virginia Law Review · 1990

• Sterilization of Mentally Retarded Persons: Reproductive Rights and Family Privacy
  35 DUKE L.J. 806 (1986) · Duke Law Journal · 1986