The duty of a public institution to make available all literature, even what may seem valueless or dangerous at any particular moment, was called in question by the sensitivity of one individual to unfavorable personal comment. (Author)

An intervention to prepare children for pretrial interviews and testimony was tested. The goal of the intervention was to increase the completeness of young children's eyewitness accounts because their free recall is typically less complete than that of older children or adults. Seven- and 10-year-old children (N=132) were randomly assigned,…

This bibliography lists 221 materials considered to be helpful in identifying obstacles to sex education, understanding the nature of the opposition to sex education, appreciating approaches useful for building community support, and learning about the legal aspects of sex education. Resources contained in this bibliography are through July 1982…

The development of drug testing policies and the implementation of drug testing procedures involve legal, ethical, medical, and labor relations issues. To learn how police departments are addressing the problem of drug use and drug testing of police officers, the National Institute of Justice sponsored a telephone survey of 33 major police…

Compiled at random from many sources, this bibliography attempts to cite as many publications concerning privacy and security as are available. The entries are organized under seven headings: (1) systems security, technical security, clearance of personnel, (2) corporate physical security, (3) administrative security, (4) miscellaneous--privacy…

Policies pertaining to three basic problems in land leasing practices are examined--(1) to compare income from leases on state school lands with income from leases of similar privately owned land, (2) to identify policies regarding the disposition of conflicting bids on state school land, and (3) to identify policies regarding subleasing school…

The legal problems of the visual artist are considered; the term "visual artist" here means any creator of a work of painting, drawing, graphic art, sculpture or commercial art. The legal questions considered include copyright; the relationship between artists, galleries, publishers, and museums; studio sales; and commissioned works. A discussion…

The growth and popularity of travel as a service program for alumni resulted in a 1975 CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Conference on Alumni Travel Programs. This publication is an outgrowth of that conference. The booklet deals with the reasons why alumni travel and why alumni travel programs are beneficial to participants…

Explains how the new federal copyright law seriously jeopardizes the important author/creator rights embodied in the doctrine of moral rights, shortens the duration of protection for unpublished works, and poses the threat of greatly expanding "legal infringement" under the fair use rule. (GW)

The recognition of divisible copyright in the new law is discussed with focus on the effects of the statutory recognition of divisibility on the provisions dealing with the problems of registration, recordation, notice, and standing to sue for infringement. (LBH)

The article describes the selection and participation of 23 gifted high school leaders in a law-related program focusing on moral questions, values and standards, and prison reform. (CL)

The regulatory and adjudicative structure of the newly-created Copyright Royalty Tribunal is described and guidelines for its functioning are examined. Problems in data reporting and in the determination of ownership of copyrights of works used by compulsory licensees are among the issues addressed. (LBH)

Describes the continuing and projected activities of a panel formed to study major problem areas related to government regulation of advertising functions in business. (KS)