Possible compulsory unionism and its underlying philosophy are examined. Focus is on "exclusive representation" and the destruction of dissenting public employees' freedom of self-determination in employment and on the thirteenth amendment and equal protection. (LBH)

In State v. Koome, the Washington Supreme Court has striken that state's statute regarding parental consent for a minor's abortion. Implications of the finding for a minor's right to due process, equal protection, and privacy are discussed. (LBH)

The scope of protection from private discrimination afforded by section 1985(3) of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 is examined. Focus is on the implications of two cases: Brown v. Villanova University and Committee to Save Saint Thomas More v. the Roman Catholic Archdiocese. (LBH)

Participation in sports, in some instances, is considered a right which grants students the opportunity to be involved in extracurricular activities. Discusses the potential violation of home-schooled students' constitutional due process and equal protection rights and the pertinent laws regarding students and their ability to participate in…

In "Fumarolo v. Chicago Board of Education," the Illinois Supreme Court invalidated the Chicago School Reform Act because it violated the one-person, one-vote principle when several school administrators were summarily deprived of tenure by parent-dominated school councils. However, due process concerns for the deposed administrators…

Argues that maintaining a distinction between public and private spheres of behavior can obscure the inequities experienced by lesbian and gay persons in the public sphere of academia. How distorted logic supports the public/private dichotomy is demonstrated through interviews of a lesbian faculty member. (SLD)

Reprints Marion Wright Edelman's 1975 article in which she argues that resistance to school desegregation means denying African-American children equal protection. Forty years after Brown v Board of Education, suggests that the current debate on educational quality be broadened to include issues of social inequality. (SK)

This document is one in a series that addresses issues of employment and dismissal matters in the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. This issue focuses on employment at will, which exists at the will of each party. At-will employees are employed for an indefinite term; either side may end the employment without the others' consent.…

Studies of criminal law practices suggest that variations in treatment from locality to locality depend on the judicial culture of the particular city, socioeconomic status of the accused, and the attitudes and actions of the police. This journal is available from the Law in American Society Foundation, 33 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1700; Chicago…

This introduction to a series of five articles in this issue (vol. 75, no. 3) points up the need for "applied" as well as theoretical consideration of the implications of the DeFunis v. Odegaard case. Discusses policy which legislators, in regulating legal education, may pursue consistently with equal protection. (JT)

Based on the question of whether racial preference and quotas to advance the educational opportunities of certain racial and ethnic minorities are compatible with the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, a case against reference to race is presented in light of the DeFunis v. Odegaard case. (JT)

Analyzes the validity of parietal rules under both the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Models of substantive due process and equal protection are developed and applied to the various types of parietal rules that have been implemented at universities throughout the nation. (Author/JT)

Examination of wrongs directed at minority youth by the police and the criminal justice system reveals that little has changed with regards to the judicial system's treatment of black youth. Screening and education of officers and judges are offered as partial solutions. (Author/AM)

Summarizes the major legal principles that govern courts in determining whether a wrong has occurred and, if so, what remedies may properly be applied. Far from promoting white flight, courts are said to have achieved stable integration. (Author/AM)

Examines the DeFunis case and preferential admissions policies, the standard of judicial review in testing these programs under the equal protection clause, the relevance of the educational setting to the scope of judicial review, the goals offered to justify preferential admission, and possible alternative means of accomplishing the goals. (JT)