This study employs the trouble-case method to explore the impact of a single breach of communal values in a Chippewa community. A brief theoretical legal framework and description of Chippewa culture serve as background to this analysis of community values and conflict management styles. (AM)

Recent court decisions and federal legislation which have contributed to conflicts in the delivery of services to emotionally disturbed adolescents are reviewed and possible solutions are examined. The impact of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) are assessed along with such…

The formal court system in Australia has long been criticised for its adversarial nature. As a result, there has been an increase in the use of alternative dispute resolution processes such as mediation. These are promoted as a means of increasing access to justice by disadvantaged groups and as an inexpensive way of solving legal or quasi-legal…

After considering the processes and trends leading to the increasing litigiousness of American society, this paper documents and analyzes the progressive encroachment of the judiciary into academe as a legitimate means of conflict resolution. The impetus for these conflicts and the resulting types of lawsuits are investigated and implications…

This paper reviews the 45 due process hearings and court cases between 1993 and 1998 concerning parental requests for school districts to provide and/or fund the Lovaas treatment program for their young children with autism. It reviews previous legislative and legal definitions of a free appropriate public education and considers implications of…

The act of intervention into family life creates a conflict between the rights of the sexually abused child and the integrity of the family. From the child-welfare perspective, the conflict consists primarily in the ambiguity of child-welfare values which on the one hand support the sanctity of the family and on the other recognize the child's…

Case law and the rulings of the National Labor Relations Board involving unit placement of religious faculty are reviewed. The rulings have been criticized by Roman Catholic religious orders as arbitrary, capricious, illogical, and illegal. Faculty unions wishing to exclude religious faculty from the bargaining unit have cited conflict of interest…

Analysis of court cases, employment law, and events in higher education yielded information about tenure as a contract, use of credentials as evidence, and due process in orderly tenure procedures. Academic, legal, and ethical perspectives are considered. Guidelines for social work faculty in dealing with these issues are offered. (Author/MSE)

This book is designed to provide educators with comprehensive information about special education law, especially the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Chapter 1 briefly reviews the history of special education. In Chapter 2 the specific rights of students to special education and related services are detailed. Chapter 3 outlines…