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Peer reviewedMcKinney-Browning, Mabel C. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1983
The uncommonly high injury rate among professional football players has given rise to a range of sports-related legal issues. Three football professionals and two lawyers discuss the issues in a round-table discussion. (RM)
Descriptors: Football, Injuries, Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility
Peer reviewedEngler, Teri – Update on Law-Related Education, 1983
Emphasis on winning, instead of sportsmanship, and a surge in spectator demand for brute force are factors used to explain why sports are becoming increasingly violent. Legal questions are identified related to sports violence that have emerged from criminal and civil court cases. (SR)
Descriptors: Athletics, Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Legal Problems
Peer reviewedKopecky, Frank C. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1983
Recent sports labor disputes emphasize unionism and collective action, not individual negotiations. Legal and economic parallels between the 1982 National Football League strike, the Los Angeles Raiders antitrust case, and the importance of collective bargaining to football players are discussed. (SR)
Descriptors: Athletes, Collective Bargaining, Football, Labor Demands
Peer reviewedKarch, Sargent – Update on Law-Related Education, 1983
Did the 1982 National Football League strike have to last fifty-seven days? Did it have to occur at all? After reviewing the issues and events that developed during the five phases of the negotiation sessions, the author--a management negotiator in the recent strike--answers "no" to both questions. (SR)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Football, Legal Problems, Negotiation Agreements
Peer reviewedRoss, C. Thomas – Update on Law-Related Education, 1983
Many athletes are filing court suits alleging that schools have exploited their athletic abilities and ignored their educational needs. The National Collegiate Athletic Association solution to the problem of exploitation is higher academic standards. (SR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Athletics, Court Litigation, Criminal Law
Peer reviewedKopecky, Frank, Comp.; Kopecky, Christopher, Comp. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1994
Presents the opinions of nine professionals serving the justice system on the issue of providing representation in criminal and civil cases for those unable to pay for lawyers. Includes questions about the obligations of lawyers to provide counsel and the differences between legal representation in civil and criminal cases. (CFR)
Descriptors: Civil Law, Courts, Criminal Law, Due Process
Peer reviewedUpdate on Law-Related Education, 1998
Describes the court case of Chicago v. Morales in which an anti-loitering ordinance challenged the constitutional right of assembly by giving the police the power to disperse anyone associated with gang members in public. Illustrates the importance of retaining Fifth Amendment rights even after pleading guilty in the case of Mitchell v. U.S. (CMK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation
