Argues that the effect of a proposed tuition tax credit is school segregation, creating serious constitutional objections under the due process clause. A voucher system would avoid these constitutional objections. Available from the Yale Law Journal, 401A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520. (Author/IRT)

Recent court cases involving termination of faculty due to financial exigency are summarized. Sections include an introduction, definition, a survey of recent cases, recommendations, conclusions and questions, and a bibliography. (Author/LC)

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)

Reflects the special considerations in affecting, rather than merely evaluating, the outcome of constitutional litigation over federal regulation of state and local government labor relations. (Author/IRT)

Teachers are increasingly being awarded court cases for infringement on their civil rights by boards of education. (LH)

HEW regulations under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 have mostly affected athletic programs in institutions of higher education. Issues discussed include sex discrimination case law; separate-but-equal concept; sex discrimination in athletics: separate is equal; Title IX's regulations; and the extent to which Title IX reaches. (MLW)

The author suggests that a major failure of most law schools and traditional undergraduate constitutional law courses is that they omit an adequate analysis of the political nature of the judicial process. Political influences on a variety of court cases are discussed. (LBH)

In the Program in Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, a unique civil liberties class has been developed for undergraduates that uses a modified socratic approach. Its goals, subject matter, methodology, and student response are described. (LBH)

Major labor cases decided during 1976 did not project a clear or simple path for further Constitutional and statutory interpretation, but the year's labor decisions did reveal a new willingness on the part of the U.S. Supreme Court to depart from earlier views of Constitutional law. (JT)

Examines the court's decision on mandatory retirement and addresses the question of whether the transition from worker to retiree--essentially a twentieth century phenomenon--can occur without mandatory retirement policies. (WL)

The right to know is considered as an integral part of the system of freedom of expression, embodied in the first amendment and entitled to support by legislation or other affirmative government action. It is examined here in terms of direct government interference, regulation by affirmative action, and making information available from government…

This comment examines Connecticut case law concerning teacher tenure according to its primary bases of authority: the United States Constitution, Connecticut statutes, and local board of education policies and agreements. (LBH)

Military academies have been omitted in considerations of due process standards pertinent to the adjudication of student offenses at colleges and universities. This article cites the study by Michael T. Rose in his book, "A Prayer for Relief," on academy adjudicatory systems. (LBH)

Classwide relief in individual Title VII actions has not yet been utilized to the extent authorized by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but Title VII decisions will continue to evolve and make complete classwide relief available. For journal availability see HE 508 844. (Author/LBH)

The constitutionality of the Missouri abortion statute was challenged by two physicians and Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri in the Danforth case. The Supreme Court reversed a district court decision in part, ruling that parental and spousal consent requirements are unconstitutional. For journal availability see HE 508 875. (LBH)