This legal handbook, developed at the recommendation of the 1970 National Education Association (NEA) fact-finding teams in Louisiana and Mississippi, describes the rights of teachers, with specific focus on Mississippi. The introductory section lists 10 cautionary rules to assist a teacher if his employment status or security is treatened by…

This legal handbook, developed at the recommendation of the 1970 National Education Association (NEA) fact-finding teams in Louisiana and Mississippi, describes the rights of teachers, with specific focus on Louisiana. The introductory section lists 10 cautionary rules to assist a teacher if his employment status on security is threatened by…

This document analyzes different approaches to the goal of equal educational opportunity and discusses the judicial role in achieving it. One approach argues that equal dollars or equal facilities and services must be provided to each pupil. Some people have contended that racially segregated schools deprive minority students of an equal…

Confidentiality, long a concern, has become, with the increase in counseling and therefore personal data of even greater concern to counselors. Most of the time, counselors accept this responsibility without guide lines for release of information, either by the local district or by the state in which they work. Counselors are seeking assurances…

The US has witnessed an enormous federalization of protective devices in the field of criminal law and an expanded interpretation of the first 8 Bill of Rights provisions in recent years. Since the Supreme Court approaches college cases and criminal law cases in the same manner, it is important to know what is happening to the shape of the law. At…

See TE 499 864, above.

This journal answers several questions concerning the use of volunteers in the classroom. The contents include: "Editor's Page," which discusses the growth of volunteer programs; "An Overview: Volunteer Use in Public Schools," which discusses the general aims of a volunteer program (e.g., to teachers in providing a more individualized approach, to…

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right of people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures. The privacy of individuals, including students, is therefore protected, but only after considering the interests of society. This simulated case study explores what happens when there is an alleged conflict…

This report contains the formal documents leading to the inclusion on the provisional agenda of UNESCO's 1972 General Conference of a discussion considering the desirability of adopting an instrument for the protection of translators. Included in the document is the "Preliminary Study of the Technical and Legal Aspects of Copyright Protection for…

The booklet prepared by the State-Federal Information Clearinghouse of the Council for Exceptional Children uses data from pending and completed court cases to explain how to employ litigation to achieve positive change for the handicapped. Situations in which litigation is thought to have been appropriate and useful are instanced. The following…

The development of community antenna television (CATV) is traced from its beginnings in various local efforts to bring television to areas of poor reception. The history of federal, state, and municipal regulatory practices and problems are examined, and the potential applications of cable television are discussed in some detail. (JY)

This document contains a summary table of the statutes, amendments, and constitutional provisions in the 50 states forming the legal bases for the establishment of educational corporations and private postsecondary institutions. The major portion of the legal bases concern 2- and 4-year degree-granting institutions and nonprofit corporations. The…

Mock juror beliefs about rape and rape trials were collected prior to presentation of a videotaped rape trial. These pretrial biases significantly and reliably predicted post trial juror opinions and jury verdicts. The bias variables, however, accounted for relatively little of the variance in the dependent variables. Questions are raised…

The purpose of this paper is to help identify newspaper advertisements which fall under the protection of the First Amendment. Although the Supreme Court declared in 1942 that advertisements which propose a purely commercial transaction were not protected by the First Amendment, in 1976 it decided that commercial expression, like other forms of…

Discusses various aspects of legal problems facing higher education institutions, in areas such as affirmative action, civil rights, labor relations, faculty tenure, and student rights. (MLH)