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1 An Uncomfortable Conversation: Children: Public Good or Individual Responsibility: November 19 and 20 at Cornell Law School [i] (1999)

handle is hein.peggy/unfabilr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION CHILDREN: PUBLIC GOOD OR INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY? November 19 and 20 at Cornell Law School, Myron Taylor Hall, Ithaca NY Sponsored by the Feminism and Legal Theory Project FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19 - - 4:00 - 6:30 PM Exploring the Parameters Panel discussion designed to set out various perspectives and provoke general discussion on the general question of how we should view children in policy terms -- as a public good or individual responsibility. Panel presentations by Mary Anne Case (University of Chicago Law School), Katherine Franke (Fordham Law School and Columbia Law School), Mona Harrington (author), Martha McCluskey (SUNY Buffalo Law School) and Nancy Staudt (SUNY Buffalo Law School). Materials for discussion will include chapters from Mona Harrington's new book, Care and Equality: Inventing a New Family Politics, as well as articles on the issues of the costs of caring and who should pay for children. 7 PM -- VEGETARIAN DINNER AT MARTHA FINEMAN'S HOUSE -- 204 Sunrise Road SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - - 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Locating Responsibility in Public and Private Contexts Moderator: Miranda Stewart, New York University Panelists and topics for discussion (reading materials will be.provided): June Carbone, University of Santa Clara Law School: Rationales for Assistance to Children: From Productivity to Citizenship. Alice Hearst, Smith College, Government Department: Children in Constitutional Discourse. Margaret Krasik, Duquesne University School of Law: The Case for Mandatory Public Education. Risa Lieberwitz, Cornell University, School of Labor and Industrial Relations: The Private Sector -- the Role of Unions and Employers. LUNCH IN THE ATRIUM -- 12:30 - 2:00 PM 2:00 - 4:30 PM - - Thinking Outside of the Parameters Moderator: Nancy Barta-Smith, Slippery Rock University, English Department Panelists and topics for discussion (reading materials will be provided): Linda McClain, Hofstra University and Harvard University: Care as a Public Value: Foundations for Collective Responsibility. Judith Stacey, University of Southern California, Department of Sociology: No Parent is an Island -- No Society is Childless by Choice. Jane Rutherford, DePaul University College of Law: One Child, One Vote: Proxies for Parents.

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