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Gould, Morton R. – Nation's Schools, 1972
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Due Process
The Law, the Student, and the Catholic School.
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Permuth, Steve; And Others – 1981
Providing explanatory information regarding the legal principles and issues affecting Catholic school educators, this handbook summarizes student rights, contractual arrangements, and state and federal requirements as they apply to parochial schools. The legal issues involved in torts of negligence, including establishment and violation of…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Dress Codes
Violence and the Public Schools: Student Rights Have Been Weighed in the Balance and Found Wanting.
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Daniel, Philip T. K. – Journal of Law and Education, 1998
Focuses on judicial reception of schools' attempts to curb violence, particularly predatory violence and psychopathological violence. School responses have been to create violence-prevention policies based on punitive measures or punish offending behavior after it has occurred. Such reactions may result in finding that schools have abridged…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Dress Codes
Legal Guidelines for Curbing School Violence.
Blumberg, Jonathan A.; Dowling, Ruth T.; Horton, Janet L.; Howie, Margaret-Ann F.; Majestic, Ann L.; Schwartz, Richard A.; Shaw, Brian C.; Smith, Bruce W. – 1995
This publication contains articles that focus on the legal issues that confront schools when they use various means to maintain order and safeguard student well being, and examine the liability that may be imposed if they fail to do so. Following the foreword and the introduction, the articles include: (1) "Legal and Policy Issues in Curbing…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law
School Officials and the Courts: Update 2003. ERS Monograph.
Thompson, David P.; Hartmeister, Fredric J. – 2003
This annual monograph contains summaries of court decisions found in federal and regional reports during the period from July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002. These cases provide a general overview of school law issues for practicing administrators, teachers, and school board members. This edition contains updates of cases previously decided, either at…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrator Responsibility, Contracts, Court Litigation
The Rights of Students. The basic ACLU Guide to Student's Rights. Third Edition. An American Civil Liberties Handbook.
Price, Janet R.; And Others – 1988
This book, addressed directly to students, defines the scope of school officials' power to regulate students' lives and these officials' responsibilities to provide services and protection to students. The chapters outline the law in specific areas, but they all reflect a common theme: school officials can make and enforce only reasonable rules of…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Activism, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights
Legal Rights in Education: Pendulum Swings. Papers [of the] Education Law Association (ELA) Annual Conference (44th, Charleston, South Carolina, November 19-21, 1998).
Education Law Association, Dayton, OH. – 1998
This document is a collection of 32 1998 Education Law Association conference papers. The collection includes the following papers: "The More We Change: Meeting the Requirements of Unitary Status" (Angela M. Sewall and Ann E. Witcher); "Everything You Need To Know about Discipline of Students with Disabilities" (David T. Duff,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Affirmative Action, Court Litigation