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35 Hous. L. Rev. 147 (1998-1999)
Spanking and other Corporal Punishment of Children by Parents: Overvaluing Pain, Undervaluing Children

handle is hein.journals/hulr35 and id is 159 raw text is: ARTICLE SPANKING AND OTHER CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN BY PARENTS: OVERVALUING PAIN, UNDERVALUING CHILDREN David Orentlicher* Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................... 148 II. THE DEFINITION OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT .................... 149 III. PREVALENCE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BY PARENTS ...... 151 IV. THE LAW ON CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BY PARENTS ........... 151 V. CONCERNS ABOUT CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ....................... 155 VI. ALTERNATIVES TO CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ....................... 161 VII. THE LEGAL FRAAmNG OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ............. 166 VIII. EXPLAINING THE LEGAL FRAmEWORK ................................ 173 IX. CONCLUSION ....................................................................... 185 * Visiting DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University; Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Law and Health, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. B.A., Brandeis, 1977; M.D., Harvard, 1981; J.D., Har- vard, 1986. 1 am grateful for the contributions of Judy Failer.