Smacking Lesson: How the Council of Europe’s Ban on Corporal Punishment Could Serve as a Model for the United States
Timothy John Nolen, 16 Cardozo J.L. & Gender 519 (2010)
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Part I of this Note will discuss statistics concerning corporal punishment in the United States, focusing on the negative effects such punishment has on children and suggesting why it should be outlawed. Part II will address the legal status of corporal punishment in the United States and the potential challenges a complete federal ban might face, suggesting means whereby the Federal government could implement a national ban. Part III will discuss the legal status of corporal punishment in some member states of the Council of Europe. Part IV will address the effects that European bans have had on discouraging corporal punishment. Finally, Part V will examine the Council of Europe’s recent campaign to ban corporal punishment throughout Europe as a model for the United States Federal government.
