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A naming law restricts the names that parents can legally give to their children, usually to protect the child from being given an offensive or embarrassing name. Many countries around the world have such laws, with most governing the meaning of the name, while some only govern the scripts in which it is written.
Traditionally, the right to name one's child or oneself as one chooses has been upheld by court rulings and is rooted in the Due Process Clause of the fourteenth Amendment and the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, but a few restrictions do exist. Restrictions vary by state, but most are for the sake of practicality.
On April 25, 2019, First Focus Campaign for Children (FFCC) express opposition to the amendment stating amongst other things, that it "would create greater threats to the safety, health, and well-being of children because the “parental rights” language preempts any protections for children absent a government interest of the “highest ...
Lucy's Law; Malin's Act (the Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 57)) Palmer's Act; Peel's Acts; Poynings' Law (disambiguation) Preston's Act (55 Geo 3 c 192) (1815) Sarah's Law (officially the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme) Sophia Naturalization Act 1705; Strode's Act; The Thellusson Act
The naming law in Sweden (Swedish: lag om personnamn) [1] is a Swedish law which requires the approval of the government agency for names to be given to Swedish children. The parents must submit the proposed name of a child within three months of birth. The current law was enacted in 2017, replacing a 1982 law.
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criminal laws, including laws governing fitness for trial or execution, and the insanity defense. Mental health law has received relatively little attention in scholarly legal forums. The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 2011 announced the formation of a student-edited law journal entitled "Mental Health Law & Policy ...
One of the Jennifers tossed out the comment that there should be "a society for preventing parents from naming their children Jennifer." The idea took off, and Farwell created the SPPNTCJ's website. It welcomed more than 2 million visitors while online. [2] During its run, the SPPNTCJ was noted by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Yahoo!