A review of the constitutional promises to black people, early congressional efforts to fulfill these promises, early court cases construing the Fourteenth Amendment and the impact of these decisions along with their subsequent overruling. (Author/JB)

Relating to the Federal System of Criminal Justice. (House Document 93-60): 14 March, 1973. (JB)

Author reviews court decisions that affect the schools. (Editor/CB)

The need for American women to attain equal opportunity in all phases of American life is stressed. (CK)

A description by its president of the history and purposes of "Americans for Indian Opportunity," a national nonprofit organization governed jointly by Indians and interested non-Indians. (JM)

Understanding the struggle for women's rights in the United States can help students appreciate the rights they enjoy today. Materials and teaching suggestions for such a unit in the intermediate grades are discussed. (IS)

Reviews court litigation in Texas concerning the rights of children who are illegally residing in the United States to public schooling. Focuses particularly on the issue of whether the equal protection clause in the fourteenth amendment applies to noncitizens. (GC)

Written primarily for litigators, shows how minimum competency tests that are used to deny high school diplomas to disproportionate numbers of minority students can be successfully challenged under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Author/MK)

Discusses some Supreme Court rulings that affect the rights of students and teachers. Includes discussion of the balancing test, due process, and equal protection. Offers five principles to guide administrators in interpretating the legal ramifications of school policy. (Author/WD)

There is no coherent view of childhood providing a consistent influence on legal decisions. Laws regarding the legal status of children should be better related to the degree of protection required by the child's developmental stage. (Author/EB)

Examines the STOP ERA movement in terms of the images of its opponents and supporters, the ideological framework indicated by these images, and the rhetorical implications of these images. Concludes that the reaffirmation of traditional perspectives and the appeal to the need for personal security make it rhetorically effective. (JMF)

A constitutional finance system should provide each student with a minimum adequate education and should assure that extras not depend on where a student lives. Available from Ohio State Law Journal, 1659 North High St., Columbus, OH 43210. (Author/IRT)

If the Court allows race to become an explicit device of government through race conscious laws, then racism, racial spoils systems, racial competition, and racial odium will be fixtures of government. Available from The University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637. (Author/IRT)