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Download full textAtwater, Tony – 1981
As a means of providing additional search warrant protection for the news media and others engaged in public communications, the United States Congress adopted the "Privacy Protection Act of 1980." Legal and documentary research conducted over a period of two years has revealed a potential defect of the statute relating to the court…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Legal Problems
Peer reviewedGlickman, Suzin – Update on Law-Related Education, 1992
Presents an essay examining homeless shelter residents' freedom from unreasonable searches. Reviews the historical background of the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable search and seizure. Explores factors considered when determining what is "reasonable." Analyzes the concepts of standing, what constitutes a home, and consent.…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Due Process
College Press Review, 1978
Presents the majority and the dissenting opinions of the Supreme Court justices in their 1978 decision regarding the 1971 police search of the Stanford University student newspaper office. (GT)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Freedom of Speech, Higher Education
Kelly, Margie – 1979
The 1971 police search of a newspaper office led to the United States Supreme Court's "Zurcher v The Stanford Daily" decision that newspaper offices can permissibly be searched if it is believed that they contain materials that relate to an ongoing criminal investigation. This decision has been viewed by the press as an attack on First…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Courts, Freedom of Speech, Journalism
Czerniejewski, Halina J. – College Press Review, 1978
Reports on court decisions regarding a 1971 police search of the Stanford University student newspaper office, which culminated in a 1978 Supreme Court ruling in favor of the police; tells the reactions of journalists and legislators to the decision. (GT)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech, Higher Education
Leming, Robert S.; And Others – 1992
These materials include the script for a mock trial in which students are asked to role play the participants in a case based on the facts of New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325 (1985). The case raised questions involving a students' rights to protection against unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment and schools' needs to…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Knott, A. E.; And Others – 1977
This handbook on Australian school law is meant for practicing teachers, principals and other educators, parents, teacher training institutions, and lawyers in that country. It explains the basic principles underlying a large number of legal problems facing Australian teachers and offers practical guidance in dealing with them. Among the problems…
Descriptors: Attendance, Civil Liberties, Compulsory Education, Confidentiality
