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Flygare, Thomas J. – 1984
This paper argues that courts have tended to identify and enforce individual rights at the expense, in many instances, of the ability of school boards and legislatures to carry out what they perceive to be the will of the majority of voters in their jurisdictions. The trend emphasizing individual rights began in 1954 with the Supreme Court…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Civil Rights Legislation, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
