This handbook on Australian school law is meant for practicing teachers, principals and other educators, parents, teacher training institutions, and lawyers in that country. It explains the basic principles underlying a large number of legal problems facing Australian teachers and offers practical guidance in dealing with them. Among the problems covered in its 10 chapters are the origins and present trends of school law; teacher protection against student allegations; student misconduct and assaults; corporal punishment and detention; student accidents and safety on the way to or from as well as in school; student attendance; parental access to and custody conflicts over students; confidentiality of schools' records and counseling activities; copyright laws regarding class materials; students' property rights; homework assignments; out-of-school harassment of teachers; and the legal rights of parents. (RW)