This dissertation explored the constitutionality of a Georgia law, under both the Georgia Constitution and the United States Constitution, which allows for the removal of elected school board members based on threatened loss of district accreditation. The problem is that elected board members are being removed from office based on district…

Prior to the United States Supreme Court's decision in "Brown v. Board of Education" (1954), educational finance litigation focused almost entirely on the equitable distribution of state educational financing, ending preferential disbursement of state funds. This ended in 1973, with the United States Supreme Court's decision in "San…

This article reports on a conflict between the inventor of a medicine for dry eyes and the university where she worked, which highlights the pitfalls in commercialization of academic discoveries. Renee L. Kaswan, the former professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Georgia has been prodding the institution to be more aggressive in…

Appellate courts in Georgia and New York have ruled on exculpatory clauses incorporated into dental school clinic agreements with patients. The decisions represent a radical departure from the traditional view that the clinic is a training ground where patients are living models for practicing health provider skills. (MSE)

Recent litigation in Georgia's courts has concerned the constitutionality of the state's system of funding for education and the issue of equal educational opportunities. The state supreme court has decided that, while the system is a poor one in terms of equalization, it bears a rational relationship to legitimate state purposes and thus does not…