Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
Adira Siman |
Challenging Zero Tolerance: Federal and State Legal Remedies for Students of Color |
14 Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy 327 (Summer 2005) |
INTRODUCTION. 327 I. ZERO TOLERANCE COMES TO SCHOOLS. 329 A. Developing Zero Tolerance. 329 B. Controversies over Zero Tolerance. 331 II. ZERO TOLERANCE FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR. 333 III. POTENTIAL LEGAL REMEDIES. 335 A. The Federal Equal Protection Clause. 335 B. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 341 1. Claims Under the Statute Itself. 341 2.... |
2005 |
Avarita L. Hanson |
Have Zero Tolerance School Discipline Policies Turned into a Nightmare? The American Dream's Promise of Equal Educational Opportunity Grounded in Brown V. Board of Education |
9 U.C. Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy 289 (Summer 2005) |
For most Americans and for many foreigners, there is a tacit understanding of some concept of the American dream. While there is undoubtedly no consensus on what constitutes the American dream, and some might argue it is an illusory concept, there is probably some agreement on the likely components of the American dream. Homeownership, employment... |
2005 |
Mary Christina Wood , Adapted from a Keynote Address |
The Planet on the Docket: Atmospheric Trust Litigation to Protect Earth's Climate System and Habitability |
9 Florida A & M University Law Review 259 (Spring, 2014) |
In October, 2013, a brief was filed in a case pending in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. It was filed on behalf of youth plaintiffs in this country who stand for themselves and future generations. The brief asserted:If Government does not act immediately to rapidly reduce carbon emissions and protect and restore the balance of the atmosphere,... |
2003 |
James R. Ratner |
Should There Be an Essential Facility Doctrine? |
21 U.C. Davis Law Review 327 (Winter, 1988) |
The essential facility doctrine provides an interesting example of the dilemma posed by modern economically-oriented antitrust policy. The doctrine, which has taken various forms, applies when a firm or a group of firms controls access to something essential for competition in a particular market. If a court finds access to be essential, denial... |
1996 |
Elizabeth T. Gershoff , Susan H. Bitensky , University of Michigan, Michigan State University, College of Law |
The Case Against Corporal Punishment of Children |
13 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 231 (November, 2007) |
Although support for corporal punishment of children remains widespread in the United States, there is a substantial body of research from psychology and its allied disciplines indicating corporal punishment is ineffective as a disciplinary practice and can have unintended negative effects on children. At the same time, there is a growing momentum... |
1994 |
Allison Herren Lee |
Title Ix, Equal Protection, and the Richter Scale: Will Vmi's Vibrations Topple Single-sex Education |
7 Texas Journal of Women and the Law 37 (Fall, 1997) |
I. Introduction. 38 II. Private, Single-Sex Education in the United States. 44 III. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 A. Title VI. 48 B. Title VII. 52 C. Title IX 1. The Statute. 56 2. The Regulations. 57 3. Case Law. 58 L1-2IV. Legal Principles for Analysis of Private, Single-Sex Education A. Title IX and Affirmative Action. 59 B. Private School... |
1985 |