This overview raises several questions regarding critical issues that surround the process of commitment and treatment in the mental health facilities, and concludes that while it can be expected that black people will receive adequate treatment and facilities, equal legal rights, treatments and facilities for black, people is needed. (Author/JM)

Discusses the theoretical basis of court decisions involving school integration, analyzing the relationship between education, constitutional law, and the social sciences. Concludes that court decisions dealing with the equal protection clause are based on interpretive judgments, rather than on causal judgments drawn from statistical theory. (JG)

This brief paper uses a question-and-answer format to summarize requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 related to employment of persons who have cognitive disabilities. Questions address the following topics: (1) the meaning of "reasonable accommodation" under the law; (2) what is meant by a cognitive…

This book, a comprehensive and interactive introductory text on criminal justice, consists of six units: (1) Crime: covers victims' rights, gangs, violent crime, white-collar crime, elements of crimes, legal defenses, methods for measuring crime, hate crime, computer crime, and a history of crime in the United States; (2) Police: explores local…

This document addresses nondiscrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance. It includes the amendments made in the notice of Final Regulations published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2000. The amendments effectuate Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The official…

This document addresses the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the end that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal…

Speech delivered at the 33rd annual convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, Houston, Texas, June 21, 1973. (RJ)

Summarizes the work of the author in advising the California Senate Select Committee on School District Finance as to appropriate responses the legislature might make to the Serrano v. Priest'' issue, describing subsidiary objectives in meeting the Serrano issue. (JM)

Discusses inadequacy in school funding, the history of the school finance litigation movement, inequity in school funding, the Serrano v. Priest decision, legal theories, fiscal neutrality, State constitutional arguments, equal protection arguments, and possible future developments. (JM)

Compares two court cases to determine (1) the nature of the institution itself and (2) the nature of State involvement at the institution. Points out that (1) a confrontation between two constitutionally protected rights and (2) the significance of the absence of any racial discrimination characterize both cases. (Author)

Discusses the implications for school boards of the neutrality principle, which holds that local wealth can not be a determinant to decide how much is to be spent on a child's public education. (JH)

Discusses recent judicial trends affecting the rights of married and/or pregnant students to attend school or participate in extracurricular activities. (JF)

Presents the full text of a Wyoming case that found the method of financing public education in that State to be in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. (JF)