A Shock to the Conscience: The  Due Process Clause and Corporal Punishment.

Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin

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ERIC Number: EJ627836

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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A Shock to the Conscience: The Due Process Clause and Corporal Punishment.

Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin

American School Board Journal, v188 n4 p62-63,78 Apr 2001

In a case involving an injured football player, an 11th Circuit judge viewed a coach's refusal to stop a fight as corporal punishment. Federal courts in five circuits have ruled that excessive corporal punishment violates the Due Process Clause if it is so brutal and harmful that it shocks the court's conscience. (MLH)

Descriptors: Corporal Punishment, Court Litigation, Due Process, Federal Courts, High Schools, Injuries, School Responsibility

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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