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Conrad, John P. – Crime and Delinquency, 1981
Reports the findings of a group of studies relating to major issues in juvenile justice. Findings concern the growth of programs providing grants-in-aid from state governments to local counties for support of juvenile justice programs; constitutional questions regarding juvenile court services; and the waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Comparative Analysis, Correctional Rehabilitation
Rapp, James A.; And Others – 1992
This comprehensive guide for protecting school crime victims provides a concise, central source for quickly accessing and utilizing new legal authorities pertinent to the inalienable right to safe schools and tort principles relating to the rights of campus crime victims. Intended for school officials and trial lawyers, the book can also be used…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Environment, Court Litigation, Crime Prevention
Petronicolos, Loucas – 1992
This paper explores whether or not the recent increase of interest by the U.S. Supreme Court in educational disputes results in a gradual reduction in the role that professional ethics plays in educators' everyday decisions. It is argued that there are links between an educator's professional ethics and constitutional justice. The increase in…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Court Litigation, Court Role, Decision Making
Monk, Janice; And Others – 1981
The document briefly discusses approaches to research of benefit to policy makers and reviews current policy-related research on and by women in the southwestern United States. The authors suggest that research would better benefit policy makers if it included alternative policy solutions to problems rather than suggesting further research needs…
Descriptors: Education, Employment, Ethnic Groups, Females
Gilbertson, Eric R. – 1987
During the past 150 years U.S. courts have demonstrated a special protectiveness toward academics and academic institutions. Academic freedom was not a concern when the U.S. Constitution and the First Amendment were drafted and is not mentioned in the "Federalist Papers." However, decisions by a series of Supreme Court justices led to…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
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Bersoff, Donald N.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Discusses difficult legal, ethical, and professional issues confronting psychologists who work with people with dual diagnoses. Outlines applicable constitutional principles in context of discussing right to institutional services and to refuse treatment, describes statutes that go beyond constitutional protections, and highlights issues that…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Clinical Diagnosis, Counseling Techniques, Ethics
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Coulson, David C. – Journalism Quarterly, 1980
Illuminates constitutional and economic problems involved in the process of insuring a free press and demonstrates that the government--armed with antitrust laws through its chief enforcer, the Justice Department--can, but does not, provide adequate safeguards. (Author/GT)
Descriptors: Certification, Competition, Court Litigation, Economic Factors
Social Science Education Consortium, Inc., Boulder, CO. – 1995
This paper describes the activities of the Youth for Justice programs nationwide. Youth for Justice is a unique national initiative that uses the power of active learning about the law to build upon the vitality of young people and to address the risks of being young in American society today. Youth for Justice involves young people in law-related…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil Rights
Fullinwider, Robert K. – 1980
This book has two principal aims: to clarify the topical and controversial issue of reverse discrimination and to reach some conclusions about the rights and wrongs involved in this issue. Focusing mainly on preferential hiring, the book explicitly and extensively addresses the law and the institutional context of the issues. Examination of the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Brown, Frank – 2002
This paper--part of a collection of 54 papers from the 48th annual conference of the Education Law Association held in November 2002-- addresses juvenile justice. Its central issue is how to protect children of color in elementary and secondary schools with constitutional due process where attendance is compulsory and, at the same time, maintain a…
Descriptors: Civil Law, Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Delinquency
Wood, Thomas E.; Sherman, Malcolm J. – 2001
The assertion of the right of higher education institutions to use racial preferences in their admissions policies has been based on the diversity rationale that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell articulated in his opinion in the "Bakke v. Regents of the University of California" case of 1978. This report explores the legal and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, College Students, Court Litigation
Johnson, George C. – 1985
In a 1974 Yale Law School address, United States Supreme Court Justice Stewart stated that the institutional press, as far as the Constitution is concerned, is autonomous and may publish what it knows and may seek to learn what it can. He also noted that the Court had rejected the Constitutional claim of a journalist's privilege not to reveal a…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law, Content Analysis, Court Doctrine
Van Patten, James J.; Siegrist, Jerry – 2000
School safety is a topic of national debate due to the severity of student violence in the last few years. While the percentage of violent incidences in schools nationwide has decreased, the problem resides in the increased severity of such crimes. Teachers are facing random acts of violence seldom faced in the past. This paper discusses…
Descriptors: Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Psychological Patterns
Jones, Fredrick – 1981
Decreasing competition between daily newspapers led the United States Congress to pass the Newspaper Preservation Act (NPA) of 1970, providing limited exemption from antitrust laws for newspapers working under joint operating agreements. The bill was passed after the Justice Department successfully brought suit against two Arizona newspapers that…
Descriptors: Competition, Court Litigation, Federal Legislation, Mergers
Berger, Raoul – 1981
Chapter 1 of a book on school law, this article analyzes the role of the U.S. Supreme Court, and contends that there has been a judicial takeover of functions that had been delegated by the Constitution to the states and to the people. Specifically, the author argues that much of the Supreme Court's expansion of its powers rests on the selective…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Court Role, Due Process
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