Suggests that individualized justice is a necessary pre-condition to the maintenance of effective student discipline and that the discipline dilemma can be resolved by viewing the administration of student discipline as a problem of discretionary justice. (Author)

This article uses the Supreme Court decision in Goss vs Lopez as a starting point and frame reference for describing and assessing the discipline procedure in one public high school. (DS)

It is in cases where disruptive students are dealt with by school disciplinarians possessing extensive discretionary power that the school's recognition or denial of student rights and interest assumes sharpest focus. (MJB)

A look at the new relationships which the law has prescribed for students, teachers, and administrators. (Author)

Describes the traditional view of the relationship between student and school, documents the cultural tensions and shifts evident in several key Supreme Court decisions, and assesses the effect of these decisions on the present legal status of the student and the authority of the school regarding student behavior. (Author/RK)