Corporal Punishment in American Public Schools and the Rights of the Child.

Roy, Lynn

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Publication Date: 2001

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Corporal Punishment in American Public Schools and the Rights of the Child.

Roy, Lynn

Journal of Law and Education, v30 n3 p554-63 Jul 2001

After reviewing the history of corporal punishment in schools, author discusses "Ingraham v. Wright," wherein the U.S. Supreme Court found that the use of corporal punishment in schools was not unconstitutional. Calls for the federal courts to ensure that a student's 14th Amendment liberty interest is protected when subjected to excessive use of corporal punishment. (PKP)

Descriptors: Corporal Punishment, Court Litigation, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Student Rights

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Fourteenth Amendment; Goss v Lopez; Ingraham v Wright

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