(1972). A Continuing Summary of Pending and Completed Litigation Regarding the Education of Handicapped Children. Reported are summaries of 27 legal cases substantiating the right of handicapped children to equal protection under the law including the right of being provided with an education, and full rights of notice and due process in relation to their selection, placement, and retention in educational programs. Nineteen of the cases concern the right to an education, five the right to treatment, and three placement. Relevant facts concerning the plaintiffs are examined as well as the court pronouncements. Plaintiffs for the right to education seek such measures as a declaration that the provision of unequal amounts of tuition money depending on the category of handicap is unconstitutional, and a permanent injunction requiring educational programs for the retarded in schools, institutions, hospitals, and homes with all costs being charged to the responsible public agency. Cases about treatment protest such elements of institutional life as overcrowding, questionable medical research, lack of… [PDF]
(1972). Recruiting Women and Minority Faculty: An Information Handbook. This handbook provides information on recruiting women and minority group candidates for faculty positions. The first 3 sections give a brief overview of the laws and regulations regarding equal employment opportunity, outline some affirmative action guidelines for recruiting staff, and respond to questions related to affirmative action and equal employment opportunity. The last 2 sections provide information on recruiting women faculty (percentages of women doctorates in the various fields, locations of women graduate students in the last stages of completing graduate degrees, and names and addresses of women's caucuses, committees and professional associations), and recruiting minority faculty (minority enrollments in graduate schools, predominantly black colleges and universities, and national minority group organizations). (Author/CS)… [PDF]
(1972). The Best Kept Secret of the Past 5,000 Years: Women Are Ready for Leadership in Education. Fastback Series, No. 2. The contributions of women to American educational leadership from colonial times to the present have been important but often ignored. According to the author, women have historically suffered from prevailing negative attitudes ranging from masculine fear of economic competition to the age-old theories regarding the mental, physical, and emotional competency of women. The author emphasizes that the time has come for education to dispel sexism and to train people for true economic, political, and social equality. (RA)…
(1976). Mass Media and the Supreme Court: The Legacy of the Warren Years. Second Edition. This book provides a collection of major cases and selected reprints of important articles from leading law journals, about obscenity, censorship, rights of privacy, and other First Amendment problems. The 50 Supreme Court decisions and 17 interpretive articles examine the legal activism of the Warren and Burger courts, from the 1960s through the middle 1970s. Decisions during this period increased the importance of media law to those interested in mass communication, political science, sociology, and other such disciplines. Chapters discuss First Amendment provisions and the Supreme Court justices, prior restraint, postal censorship, obscenity, motion-picture censorship, libel, right of privacy, trial by newspaper and television, public access to the media, and the legacy of the Warren court. (KS)…
(1976). Searches of Students and the Fourth Amendment. Journal of Law and Education, 5, 1, 57-73, Jan 76. Discusses how the constitutional prohibition of unreasonable search and seizure applies to searches of students and their property by school officials, as indicated by recent court decisions. Most of the cases examined were decided by state courts, since federal courts have not generally been involved in this area. (JG)…
(1976). Procedures for Student Discipline. IAR Research Bulletin, 16, 2, 1-2,8, Jan 76. Discusses recent federal court rulings setting minimal procedural requirements governing the administration of student discipline by school officials. (JG)…
(1976). AIPRC Jurisdiction Task Force Holds Hearings. American Indian Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 2, 4, 20-3, Apr 76. The Jurisdiction Task Force of the American Indian Policy Review Commission (AIPRC) held a series of hearings on jurisdictional issues/problems confronting Native American governments today, and the following four topics emerged as primary areas of concern: Child Placement; Public Law 280; Water Rights; and Hunting/Fishing Rights. (JC)…
(1976). The Navajo Indian Irrigation Project: Muddied Past, Clouded Future. Indian Historian, 9, 1, 19-29, Win 76. …
(1979). The Odd Evolution of the Voting Rights Act. Public Interest, n55 p49-76 Spr. The Voting Rights Act was a noble response to the callousness of those who permitted and perpetrated the disenfranchisement of Southern Blacks. However, the political polarization of the society along racial and ethnic lines may be its main accomplishment. (Author)…
(1978). From "Monroe" to "Monell": Defining the Scope of Municipal Liability in Federal Courts. Temple Law Quarterly, v51 n3 p409-26. Examines opinions of lower federal courts that have struggled with problems revised by assertions of municipal liability based on section 1981, the Fourteenth Amendment, and pendent state law claims. Concludes that Monell will compound confusion and inconsistency of lower court opinions on municipal liability. Available from Business Editor, 1719 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122; $8.00 annually. (Author/PKP)…
(1978). Thomas Paine: Eighteenth Century Feminist. Social Studies, 69, 3, 103-7, May/Jun 78. Unlike Franklin, Jefferson, and Adams, Thomas Paine was a feminist, a revolutionary in his time for the cause of women's rights and their liberation from servility. While others considered women second-class citizens whose only place was in the home. Paine argued for the political, legal, economic, and social rights of women. (Author/BC)…
(1978). The 69th–The Post-Bakke Convention. Crisis, 85, 8, 259-76, Oct 78. At the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 1978 Annual Convention, speeches and discussions were dominated by the effect of the Bakke decision on future college admissions and affirmative action programs. (Author/MC)…
(1978). Equality by Default: Women in Dual Roles. Intellect, 106, 2393, 307-9, Feb 78. The struggle for an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the American Constitution is one of the most controversial issues of this era. Discusses the changing role of women amidst a fast-changing society, the styles of those opposing the women's revolution, the debate over women as persons, women in dual roles, and the implications of ERA for the world and the future. (Author/RK)…
(1978). Equal Employment Opportunity: Legal Issues and Societal Consequences. Public Personnel Management, 7, 2, 127-34, Mar-Apr 78. The legal issues that have led to today's affirmative action programs are reviewed and interpreted. Several studies are reviewed that illustrate the complexity of the equal employment opportunity issue and point out some areas for research that would aid organizations in successfully integrating their work force. (Author/MLF)…
(1977). Studying Violations of Civil Liberties of Homosexual Men and Women. Journal of Homosexuality, 2, 4, 315-322, Sum 77. A description of the present methodology for studying possible violations of the civil liberties of homosexual men and women is provided. Presented at the 1976 American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. (Author)…