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| West's Education Law Quarterly | 4 |
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| Chestnutt, Mark D. | 1 |
| Dayton, John | 1 |
| Sacken, Donal M. | 1 |
| Smith, Joseph M. | 1 |
| Strope, John L., Jr. | 1 |
| Wood, R. Craig | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Opinion Papers | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
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| Practitioners | 1 |
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| Fourth Amendment | 1 |
| Ingraham v Wright | 1 |
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Wood, R. Craig; Chestnutt, Mark D. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1995
Discusses the federal constitutional limits placed on school officials in various attempts to reduce crime in their schools. Describes searches of a student's person and belongings, school lockers, and the use of metal detectors. Possible pitfalls for schools in their efforts to reduce crime include due process requirements. (97 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Crime, Due Process
Sacken, Donal M. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
Discusses two cases in which federal courts stretched the boundaries of students' constitutional protection to void decisions it saw as palpably unfair. Suggests that the concepts of law and legalization instilled in educators can easily lead them astray. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Court Litigation, Decision Making, Discipline Policy
Smith, Joseph M.; Strope, John L., Jr. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1995
Examines 15 cases dealing with dormitory searches covering a 31-year period to determine how the Fourth Amendment applies to dormitory searches. The prevailing consensus is that if a university says and thinks it has the right to conduct a search of a room for health, safety, and maintenance reasons, then, in most circumstances, it has this right.…
Descriptors: College Housing, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Dormitories
Dayton, John – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1994
Reviews the continuing legal and political battles against corporal punishment and discusses the legal future of corporal punishment in view of social and legislative changes since "Ingraham." (81 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Corporal Punishment, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy
