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Peer reviewedJenkins, Richard L. – Family Coordinator, 1977
The author describes six maxims which are an outgrowth of his experience as an expert witness in cases involving child custody. He emphasizes neutrality regarding the parents, in order to put the child's interests first. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Court Litigation, Decision Making, Divorce
The Legal Aspects of Mental Health Programs: The Potential and the Problems thereof for Black People
Smith, Barbara Lee – Journal of Afro-American Issues, 1976
This overview raises several questions regarding critical issues that surround the process of commitment and treatment in the mental health facilities, and concludes that while it can be expected that black people will receive adequate treatment and facilities, equal legal rights, treatments and facilities for black, people is needed. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Clinical Diagnosis, Equal Protection, Legal Problems
Browning, R. Stephen; Morley, Anthony J. – Civil Rights Digest, 1972
Discusses inadequacy in school funding, the history of the school finance litigation movement, inequity in school funding, the Serrano v. Priest decision, legal theories, fiscal neutrality, State constitutional arguments, equal protection arguments, and possible future developments. (JM)
Descriptors: Bias, Civil Rights, Court Role, Educational Finance
Brown, Frank; Russo, Charles J. – School Business Affairs, 1999
Reviews single-sex schools' history and legal status. Explores constitutional dimensions of gender-based discrimination delineated in five leading cases (in Philadelphia, New York City, Detroit, Mississippi, and Virginia). Due to claims of Equal Protection Clause and/or Title IX violations, such schools are unlikely to proliferate. (20 references)…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Abbott, C. Michael – Sch Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Activism, Administrative Problems, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Ohio State Legislative Service Commission, Columbus. – 1972
The report contains factual material pertaining to the financing of Ohio public elementary and secondary education. It reviews court decisions relating the equal protection provisions of the U.S. and state constitutions to public school finance, and identifies a legal standard formulated by several courts. It reviews three methods Ohio might…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Peer reviewedBarkin, Thomas G. – Journal of College and University Law, 1975
Office of Education regulations upon which "need" analysis for federal student financial aid subsidies is based are presented and analyzed and the legal issues discussed. It is concluded that legal analysis tends to support the constitutionality of the guidelines. Recommendations are made that would provide flexibility within the guidelines. (JT)
Descriptors: College Students, Due Process, Equal Education, Equal Protection
Butterfield, Dennie D. – 1980
Significant changes in United States culture during the past 25 years and court decisions resulting from legal suits challenging traditional educational procedures have made the future course of education very unpredictable. The social unrest of the 1960s brought about innovations such as open classrooms and nongrading systems in the wake of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
HARTMAN, PAUL – 1963
THE 1954 SUPREME COURT DECISION IN "BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION," DECLARING RACIAL SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISCRIMINATORY AND IN VIOLATION OF THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT, IS A LANDMARK IN AMERICAN LEGAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY. IT IS INFERRED FROM THE 1954 DECISION THAT THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional History, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation
Peer reviewedAlexander, Sharon J. – Family Coordinator, 1977
Guidelines which reflect the level of the parents' legal involvement is advocated to protect the child's "best interests": when parents choose mediation, a specialist in child custody is appointed to educate and assist in the decision-making process; when parents choose litigation, counsel is appointed to represent the child. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Decision Making
Peer reviewedBartnoff, Judith – Columbia Law Review, 1973
Attempts to provide a framework to assess legal problems of discrimination in upper level employment, focusing primarily on discrimination in hiring and promotion. (Authors)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Peer reviewedMahon, J. Patrick – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
Competency-based education programs could raise three kinds of legal issues: claims under the due process clause, claims of discrimination under the equal protection clause, and claims of negligence. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Protection
Hyman, Irwin A. – 1978
In the case of Ingraham vs. Wright, the United States Supreme Court ruled that under the eighth amendment school children do not have constitutional protection from the use of corporal punishment. The majority decision relies heavily on assumptions concerning the tradition and effectiveness of the use of corporal punishment in education. In an…
Descriptors: Children, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Peer reviewedSabalis, Robert F.; Ayers, George W. – Family Coordinator, 1977
It is extremely important that attorneys who handle divorce cases; (a) realize that there are psychological as well as legal factors to the termination of marital contracts; and (b) attend to these factors as they process these cases. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Court Litigation, Decision Making, Divorce
Download full textRebell, Michael A. – 1975
This paper on the legal rights and remedies of high school dropouts and potential dropouts is a study of the plight of the substantial number of students who drop out of the New York public school system before considering high school graduation. Further, it questions the availability of legal rights to students and parents. Three sections…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Dropout Programs
