(1999). Teaching Human Rights: A Teaching Guide for Middle and High School Educators. This curriculum guide incorporates three dimensions of human rights education: teaching about human rights, teaching against human rights violations, and teaching for the creation of a world in which all human beings are treated with justice and dignity. The book is based upon the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Utilizing the rights categories suggested by the UDHR, this book fills gaps in existing human rights curricula and offers new ways of teaching human rights. Activities are presented that encourage and challenge students to make comparisons across cultures, examine their own societies, and reflect on their own lives. Examples are given from the people's Republic of China, Kenya, and the United States, as well as "generic" human rights that can be utilized regardless of the part of the world being studied. Included is a crossword puzzle, a collection of poetry, a compilation of editorial cartoons, and a variety of activities that require…
(1991). Civility on Campus: Harassment Codes vs. Free Speech. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper. In response to the resurgence of racial incidents and increased "gay-bashing" on higher education campuses in recent years, campus authorities have instituted harassment codes thereby giving rise to a conflicts with free speech. Similar conflicts and challenges to free speech have arisen recently in a municipal context such as a St. Paul ordinance applied to a cross burning incident recently upheld in the Minnesota Supreme Court. However, these conflicts with free speech on campuses also raise issues of academic freedom complicated by the traditional academic abstention doctrine. This concern for civility is not new, in particular, the Politeness Movement established by philosopher David Hume had a lasting and broad impact on academic culture. In the current debate central questions include whether free speech is really free if one side is too intimidated to speak, what the responsibility of the university is to guarantee free speech and whether there should be an…
(1983). Free Speech in the Military: A Status Report. Two recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court have emasculated First Amendment guarantees for military personnel. In the first case, Parker v. Levy, an Army captain urged enlisted Special Forces personnel at his post to refuse to go to Viet Nam, claiming that "Special Forces personnel are liars and thieves and killers of peasants and murderers of women and children." His statements were deemed violative of Articles 133 and 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which provide punishment for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and for all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the Armed Forces. In rendering its decision, the court reasoned that the historical context and language of the General Articles of the Uniform Code provided "fair notice" that the officer's conduct was punishable. In the second case, Brown v. Glines, a serviceman drafted petitions to several congressmen complaining about grooming… [PDF]
(1975). Bangs and Whimpers: Black Youth and the Courts. Freedomways, 15, 3, 178-187, Sum 75. 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)…
(1977). Morality and Foreign Policy. A Symposium on President Carter's Stance. This monograph contains a critical examination of President Carter's view on ethics and foreign policy as expressed in his commencement speech at Notre Dame University on May 22, 1977. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 contains Mr. Carter's speech entitled, "Power for Humane Purposes." Part 2 contains nine responses to the speech: "Reflecting the Eastern Establishment" (Robert L. Bartley); "Confusing Domestic and Foreign Policy" (Ronald Berman); "Selective Invocation of Universal Values" (Jeane Kirkpatrick); "The Valor of Ignorance" (Charles Burton Marshall); "Totalitarianism–the Central Challenge" (Daniel Patrick Moynihan); "The March of Defeat" (Michael Novak); "A Lack of Ideological Roots" (John P. Roche); "Ignoring Soviet Realities" (Eugene V. Rostow); and"Ideals, Maxims, and Deeds" (Roger L. Shinn). Part 3 contains three essays which are not direct comments on the…
(1987). Constitution for the United States of America. A Secondary Level Student Text. This book was designed to provide a basis for understanding constitutional government and for participating in U.S. society. Each lesson within the book's six units contains a statement of purpose and a list of review questions: most also contain problem solving exercises. Unit One introduces students to the study of political philosophy. The students learn that the Founders were influenced by certain political philosophies, their understanding of history, and their own experiences. Unit Two gives an account of the influence of the British government upon the U.S. system. A discussion of the Magna Carta is presented. After an examination of the Declaration of Independence, students learn about the major characteristics of state constitutions and the Articles of Confederation. Unit Three includes an account of the Philadelphia Convention and the Virginia and New Jersey plans for a new national government. The students also learn about the legislative branch and the reason for the two…
(1989). Prisoner Fasting as Symbolic Speech: The Ultimate Speech-Action Test. The ultimate test of the speech-action dichotomy, as it relates to symbolic speech to be considered by the courts, may be the fasting of prison inmates who use hunger strikes to protest the conditions of their confinement or to make political statements. While hunger strikes have been utilized by prisoners for years as a means of protest, it was not until 1982 that the courts attempted to define the rights of such protestors or to sort out the countervailing state interests leading to force-feeding, the state's usual response to such dissent. The central question is: How have the courts in recent decisions balanced the expression and privacy claims of the fasting prisoner with the state's interest in suicide prevention, maintaining order and security in prisons, and the state's obligation to protect the health and welfare of persons in its custody? Recent court decisions that involve inmate hunger-strikers who claim that their fasting deserves constitutional protection as symbolic… [PDF]
(1975). Computerized Information and Effective Protection of Individual Rights. Society, 12, 6, 62-67, Sep-Oct 75. Discusses the making of a satisfactory national policy on the collection and dissemination of information on persons, noting that random facts about an individual when aggregated and interrelated with other facts, form a composite \data profile\ from which one can draw conclusions and make decisions: an incomplete or improperly balanced profile can have a devastating impact upon a person's life, it is stated. (Author/JM)…
(1975). Ethos and the City: The Problem of Local Legitimacy. Ethnicity, 2, 1, 43-51, Mar 75. The impact of the civil libertarian thrust and market capitalism on the critical problem of social control and the lack of a common normative order in American cities is explored with respect to the possibility of establishing a meaningfully shared ethos to ensure political viability and urban stability. (EH)…
(1969). A Discourse on Black Nationalism. Amer Behav Sci, 12, 4, 50-56, 69 Mar-Apr. …
(1978). Affirmative Action Cuts Segregation in Public Housing. A Report on Occupancy in 15 Municipal Authorities. Staff Report 78-9. The success of voluntary affirmative action plans adopted by public housing authorities in four Kentucky cities is documented in this report. Progress toward concerted desegregation efforts in other Kentucky cities is cited. Desegregation methods used by Kentucky municipal housing authorities are outlined and their effectiveness is illustrated. Tables depict (1) changes in predominantly black projects; (2) changes in predominantly white projects; and (3) racial occupancy in 15 Kentucky Public Housing Authorities in July 1976 and March 1978. (WI)…
(1978). ERA: Psychological, Social and Ethical Implications for Psychology. The mental health implications of sex discrimination as considered by the Subpanel on the Mental Health of Women of the President's Commission of Mental Health are discussed. The status of women's mental health and the problems of women in the mental health delivery system are considered in relation to the larger societal context. Prevention of mental health problems through attention to the societal institutions and norms that reinforce women's powerlessness and second-class status is emphasized. Carefully conceived national strategies for the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental illness are reviewed in terms of basic goals, including eradication of sexism and racism of the larger society. The devastating consequences of women's disadvantaged status are presented as a powerful argument for ERA ratification, and are considered to serve as an ethical mandate for mental health professionals to work actively for the passage of the ERA. The affirmative duty of…
(1977). Arkansas, The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Desegregation, 1955-76. NOLPE School Law Journal, 7, 1, 21-57, 77. Presents a chronological history of school desegregation in Arkansas from 1955-1976, focusing in particular on the impact of decisions by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. (JG)…
(1976). Wood v. Strickland: Objectifying the Standard of Good Faith for School Board Members in Defense to Personal Liability Under Section 1983. Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 10, 1, 149-91, Dec 76. The issue of immunity from personal liability was examined in this Supreme Court case. Two students expelled for possession of alcoholic beverages argued that the meeting at which the board members voted for expulsion was not conducted under the procedural safeguards mandated by the Constitution. Available from: Loyola of Los Angeles School of Law, 1440 W. Ninth St., Los Angeles, CA 90015. (LBH)…
(1977). The Rights of Consumers of Rehabilitation Services. Journal of Rehabilitation, 43, 3, 29-32, Jul-Aug 77. Discusses some of the basic rights of clients in the rehabilitation process, which are divided into legal and professional rights. Topics discussed include the right to services, determining eligibility or ineligibility, the right to periodic review, all-pervasive rights (such as access to client-related material), and consumer involvement. (TA)…