This unique book provides readers with information that will enable them to recognize and address potential legal problems, empower them to make informed judgments and decisions, and alert them when legal counsel should be sought. It thoroughly covers the legal principles governing American schools and discusses the origin and development of laws concerning schools. Updated to reflect the latest new statutes and Supreme Court decisions, this edition will intensify the reader's appreciation of how law results from the relations of educational policy and legal principles. Topics covered in the book are backed by concrete case examples and brief case excerpts that illustrate and reinforce several points discussed in the text. Topics include: education under the American Legal System, public schools, tort liability, rights, discrimination, private education, and more. Suitable as a quick-reference book for school administrators and readers wanting to learn more about school law.

Law in the Schools (5th Edition)

Valente, William D.

Valente, Christina M.

Specialties

PRENTICE/HALL

For graduate-level courses in School Law and Education Law. Well-known and highly-respected, this text is a compact survey of the full range of laws affecting education, particularly those generated by recent crises involving school violence, sexual abuse, student suicides, medication in the classroom, language barriers faced by immigrant learners, and discrimination in its many forms. The authors trace the legal controls that balance the rights of school administrators, teachers, pupils, and other parties involved in today's educational arena. Coverage addresses legislative as well as constitutional developments, and provides enough background to enable future teachers to recognize and address potential legal problems, make informed decisions about legal situations, and determine when professional legal representation is warranted.

Law in the Schools (6th Edition)

Pearson

This text provides an interesting and understandable introduction to the government systems used to form environmental policy. It covers the major federal statutes on environmental regulation by topical subject. Each chapter features a unique combination of text, excerpts, articles, cases, policy questions, and problem exercises. The text includes recent developments occurring during the Clinton administration.

Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy : Protecting the Environment Through Law

Rules & Procedures

West Group

Book by Valente, William D., McCarthy, David J.

1999 Supplememt to Local Government Law: Cases and Materials

McCarthy, David J.

Local government law: Cases and materials (American casebook series)

This law school casebook focuses on the advantages and difficulties involved in decentralizing power to cities (the city-state and city-federal relationships), the city-suburb divide (including the topics of sprawl and regionalism), and the structure of city government itself (issues like taxation, service delivery, and voting). The casebook combines case law with extensive excerpts from the urban studies literature, including history, political science, sociology, and planning.

West Pub. Co.

Education Law: Public and Private (Volumes 1 and 2 With 2 1989 Supplements)

Local Government Law: Cases and Materials (American Casebook Series)

Law in the schools

C.E. Merrill Pub. Co.

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