Winner of the thirty-seventh annual Alpha Sigma Nu book Awards in the Professional Studies catgoery, in the discipline of law. "This beautifully written history is enormously important to the current debate about the state’s ability to protect children. Shulman’s compelling story of the constitutional parent brings new light to the issues, and new support for child rights."—Elizabeth Bartholet, author ... Read moreof Family Bonds and Nobody's Children "This deeply learned, beautifully written, and courageous book should be read by anyone who cares about the fraught relationship between children, parents, and the state." —Louis Michael Seidman, author of On Constitutional Disobedience "This book is a watershed moment in the trajectory of scholarship on parents’ rights, and the state’s obligations, over and toward the education and well-being of children.  It is a brilliant book in several respects: it is at once rigorous and intellectual, but also passionate, intense, and central to the well-being of our polity."—Robin West, author of Normative Jurisprudence "The Constitutional Parent combines rich historical and normative analysis in novel ways to mount a compelling critique of prevailing assumptions about parental entitlement to control children's lives. It is a fascinating read."—James Dwyer, author of The Relationship Rights of Children Show Less