Fallen on Deaf Ears: A Legal Analysis of the Closure of the R. J. D. Williams Provincial School for the Deaf.

Black-Branch, Jonathan L.

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ERIC Number: EJ493065

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Fallen on Deaf Ears: A Legal Analysis of the Closure of the R. J. D. Williams Provincial School for the Deaf.

Black-Branch, Jonathan L.

ACEHI Journal/Revue ACEDA, v20 n1-2 p3-15 1994

This article recounts the legal battles that ensued when the Saskatchewan (Canada) Minister of Education closed a special school for the deaf. The case, "Trofimenkoff versus Saskatchewan," is analyzed in terms of the plaintiffs' case against closure and decisions against the plaintiffs by the Minister, the Court of the Queen's Bench, and the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. (DB)

Descriptors: Court Litigation, Deafness, Declining Enrollment, Foreign Countries, Institutional Survival, Legal Problems, School Closing, Special Schools, State Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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