NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Reyneke, Mariëtte – Africa Education Review, 2019
The time has come for a thorough review of the "Guidelines for the Consideration of Governing Bodies in Adopting a Code of Conduct for Learners" (hereafter the Guidelines). More than 20 years after its original publication, no amendments have been made to this important document. To substantiate the case for review, some of the most…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Student Behavior, Guidelines, Discipline
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
This analysis of a November 2001 case in Botetourt County, Virginia, looks at whether the Fourth Amendment right against an unreasonable "seizure" or the 14th Amendment "liberty" for parents to control the care and custody of their children requires a ban on, or at least immediate notification regarding, detentions of a…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Constitutional Law, Student Rights, Parent Rights
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Morrison, David E. – Duke Law Journal, 1976
The issue examined is whether those unique characteristics of the university environment that have led to the development of a judicially-sanctioned general regulatory power will automatically render a warrantless disciplinary search "reasonable" within the terms of the fourth amendment. (LBH)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Discipline, Dormitories
[Buss, William; Goldstein, Stephen] – 1977
The standards and commentary in this volume are part of a series designed to cover the juvenile justice system and its relationship to the rights and responsibilities of juveniles. This volume on public education is addressed to legislators, courts, lawyers, educators, parents, students, and the general public. The volume proposes standards…
Descriptors: Administrators, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
McCarthy, Martha M.; Cambron-McCabe, Nelda H. – 1987
To assist school personnel in understanding current application of the law, provide an awareness of rights and responsibilities, motivate educators to translate basic concepts into actual practice, and generate an interest in further study of the law, this text is presented. Legal issues involving the rights of students and teachers in daily…
Descriptors: Attendance, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Class Organization
Kelly, Evelyn B. – 1998
The purpose of this handbook is to help educators at all levels to recognize potential legal hazards in educational settings and to learn how to negotiate the slick roads safely. The focus is on school and classroom issues, not district-level topics. Legal basics are discussed in the context of both informal anecdotes about actual situations and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Censorship, Classroom Environment, Confidentiality
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Dutile, Fernand N. – Journal of College and University Law, 1991
The review of court cases decided in 1990 relating to higher education summarizes litigation concerning institutional powers, First Amendment law, search and seizure on campus, tort liability, institutional contracts, immunities, access to records, funding for institutions and students, employment practices, academic and disciplinary decisions,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Confidential Records, Constitutional Law, Contracts