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What Changes Are Most Needed in the Procedures Used in the United States Justice System? National Debate Topic for High Schools, 1983-1984, Pursuant to Public Law 88-246. Senate, 98th Congress, 1st Session, Document No. 98-5.
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Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1983
Designed to facilitate research on and the preparation and presentation of arguments for the national debate topic, this manual summarizes the present state of the judiciary and court reform issues. The volume begins with a collection of articles, statements, and reports that present a general background on the justice system and court reform.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Court Role, Courts, Criminal Law
A Time for Choices.
Haskel, Claudia A., Ed.; Otto, Jean H., Ed. – 1991
A collection of essays on the 10 amendments that comprise the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution is presented in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. The following essays are included: "The First Amendment and the Virtues of an Open Society" (R. Smolla); "The First Amendment as a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
Reinterpreting Urban School Reform: Have Urban Schools Failed, or Has the Reform Movement Failed Urban Schools?
Miron, Louis F., Ed.; St. John, Edward P., Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers analyzes various urban school reform strategies. There are 13 chapters in five parts. After "Introduction: Rethinking Urban School Reform" (Louis F. Miron and Edward P. St. John), Part 1, "The Courts and Urban Schools," contains (1) "School Desegregation is Over in the Inner Cities: What Do We Do…
Descriptors: Black Students, Court Role, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Change