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Ryan, John Paul, Ed. – Focus on Law Studies, 1992
This issue of "Focus on Law Studies""contains a special emphasis on teaching about law and the family", in the form of the following three articles: "Teaching Family Law: Growing Pains and All" (Susan Frelich Appleton); "The Family Goes to Court: Including Law in a Sociological Perspective on the Family"…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Family Life, Film Study
Hale, Claudia L.; Cooks, Leda M. – Focus on Law Studies, 1994
Focusing on the teaching of alternative dispute resolutions at universities, Claudia L. Hale and Leda M. Cooks argue that mediation should be taught primarily as a communication process that involves the joint efforts of mediator and disputants. Teachers of mediation should begin by distinguishing mediation from other forms of dispute resolution,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Conflict Resolution
Ryan, John Paul, Ed. – Focus on Law Studies, 1993
This issue of a newsletter from the American Bar Association emphasizes teaching about crime and punishment. The first article offers an overview of the diversity and common assumptions that underpin the teaching of criminology. Student interest in crime and criminology creates an opportunity for instructors interested in challenging students'…
Descriptors: Crime, Criminal Law, Criminology, Feminism
Ryan, John Paul, Ed. – Focus on Law Studies, 2001
This publication examines ways to teach about law in the liberal arts. This issue features a dialogue among eight social science, humanities, policy, and legal scholars, in which they discuss a wide range of viewpoints on federalism. The conversation traverses historical perspectives on federal-state relations, changes in selected public policy…
Descriptors: Federalism, Government Role, Higher Education, Law Related Education
Ryan, John Paul, Ed. – Focus on Law Studies, 2001
This publication examines ways to teach about law in the liberal arts. This issue focuses on future voting rights issues by exploring the 2000 presidential election. Articles included are: "Voting Rights in the New Millennium" (Jason F. Kirksey); "Legal and Political Lessons from 'Bush v. Gore'" (David Schultz); "The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Constitutional History, Elections, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationFocus on Law Studies, 1991
The fall 1990 issue includes essays that recapture some of the presentations and thinking of the 1990 American Bar Association annual conference on higher education, entitled "American Citizenship and the Constitution." The idea of community was a recurring theme of the conference, and is the focus of three essays included in the Fall…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Community, Constitutional Law
Ryan, John Paul, Ed. – Focus on Law Studies, 1993
This issue of "Focus on Law Studies" contains a special emphasis on teaching about law and literature, in the form of the following six articles: "Law and Literature: New Combinations in Teaching" (John Paul Ryan); "Teaching Law and American Literature" (Janet Eldred); "Teaching Law with Sacco, Vanzetti, and the Rosenbergs" (Susan N. Herman); Ann…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Citizenship Education, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
