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Newsroom Searches: Is "Probable Cause" Still in Effect Despite New Law?
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Atwater, Tony – Journalism Quarterly, 1983
Argues that while the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 appears to reverse the "Zurcher v. Stanford Daily" decision, loopholes may permit some newsroom searches. (FL)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Freedom of Speech, Journalism
Legal Implications of Profiling Students for Violence.
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Bailey, Kirk A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2001
Discusses how predicting violent activity with a youth violence profile in school raises legal concerns focusing on the validity and use of profiles as social science evidence: the impact of potential discrimination, search and seizure, and the implications for privacy. Argues that these issues rest on fundamental concerns about the general…
Descriptors: Legal Responsibility, Predictive Measurement, Privacy, Schools
A Look at Recent Legal Developments Affecting Residential Living.
Miller, Thomas E.; And Others – Southern College Personnel Association Journal, 1979
Reviews court decisions concerning search and seizure, intervisitation between sexes, canvassing and solicitation, and damage assessments. College administrators must rely on fairness, ethics and sound educational philosophies in the design of policies affecting residence halls. (JAC)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Housing, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Invasion of Student Privacy.
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Stevens, George E. – Journal of Law and Education, 1980
Focuses on the last 15 years of privacy cases involving students. The cases examined cover the areas of searches, the family relationship, personal autonomy/appearance, and information privacy. (IRT)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
The Right of Privacy of Public School Employees.
Bullock, Angela; Faber, Charles F. – 1989
A nationwide controversy over the right of privacy has arisen as a result of companies probing into their workers' habits and health through such means as mandatory drug tests, electronic databases, and lie detector tests. The legal claims arising from these civil suits against employers for invasion of privacy have established precedents that are…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Violence and School Safety. Case Citations, 2002.
Russo, Charles J., Ed.; Mawdsley, Ralph D., Ed. – 2002
This publication highlights and explains some 400 court cases from 2002 involving issues of school violence and safety. It is divided into four sections, or topics: (1) "The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure" (R. Mawdsley); (2) "Negligence" (W. Evans, Jr.); (3) "Assault on School Personnel" (M. Yates); and (4) "Drugs and Weapons in Schools" (M.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Court Litigation, Courts, Elementary Secondary Education
Legislation, Litigation and the Administration of Higher Education.
Stalcup, Robert J.; And Others – 1979
The effects of legislation, regulations, and case law on higher education administration is discussed, and projections are offered regarding tenure, collective bargaining, use of legal counsel, affirmative action, academic due process, torts, search and seizure, privacy, and the First Amendment. Ways in which administrators in colleges and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights