Senior high girls and boys from two single-sex schools undertook a study of a Supreme Court case that provided insight not only into constitutional law and history but also into how men and women can work together and relate in other ways than dating. (DS)

The complexities of educational autonomy v legislative intervention are examined in view of the various court cases that seek to interpret the intention of constitutional law. (LH)

The coincidence of increased student violence with increased student court victories indicates that there may be a causal relationship between the two. (LH)

Examines the "Levittown" case in which the Nassau County Supreme Court of New York declared the state's school financing statute invalid under both the New York and the United States constitutions. Available from New York University, 249 Sullivan Street, New York, New York 10012. (Author/IRT)

There have been genuine advances in student rights law in the decade since the Gault-Ginsberg-Tinker trilogy; however, there is still a critical need for continued efforts to secure and extend the constitutional rights of minors. Available from DePaul University College of Law, 25 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604; single copy $5.00. (Author/IRT)

Analyzes existing legislation, regulations, and case law interpreting statutory mandates to provide a survey of the current status of employment rights for the handicapped. Suggests an administrative framework to alleviate weaknesses in existing governmental programs. Available from Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary,…

The method and means by which statistics can raise a prima facie case of Title VII violation are analyzed. A standard is identified that can be applied to determine whether a statistical disparity is sufficient to shift the burden to the employer to rebut a prima facie case of discrimination. (LBH)

Examines three areas of state-church confrontation in Kentucky--state provision of textbooks for private schools, state regulation of private sectarian schools, and state requirement that all schools display a copy of the Ten Commandments. Available from Northern Kentucky Law Review, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, 1401 Dixie Highway, Covington,…

Arguments that have been advanced in court by both sides of the controversy are examined, and it is concluded that male grooming regulations may effectively exclude a significant proportion of males from job opportunities or require them to alter their personal appearance for reasons probably unrelated to job performance. (LBH)

The occupational rights of state employees have traditionally been determined by statute, but more recently by collective bargaining. This note considers whether determination of the rights of public employees through informal contractual procedures will meet the requirements of the fourteenth amendment due process clause. (LBH)

Investigates the history of the FBI's attempts to secure authorization to track dissident political activities through the power of executive directives. (RK)

Court interpretations of such issues as expectancy of reemployment, freedom of speech, and immunity from suit are at great variance with those voiced within the academic community. An understanding of this difference will help faculty and administrators avoid decisions that result in expensive and needless litigation. (Author/LBH)

The U. S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade found that the right of privacy guarantees a woman the prerogative of having an abortion free of interference by the state; but in Doe v. Bolton it allowed a hospital to refuse to admit a patient for an abortion. This conflict is discussed with reference to the Church Amendment. (LBH)

Reid v. Memphis Publishing Co. represents an anomaly within a developing decision-making trend that is sensitive to the Sabbath observing employee's statutory rights as well as his constitutional right to be uninhibited in the free exercise of his religion. For journal availability see HE 508 783. (LBH)

In Goss v. Lopez the Supreme Court held that public school students are constitutionally entitled to some form of due process protection before being totally excluded from the educational process "for more than a trivial period." Implications for administrators and the decision-making process are discussed. For journal availability see…