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Peer reviewedWatts, L. Poindexter – School Law Bulletin, 1986
School personnel need to know legal obligations to report criminal activity observed while performing their duties. This article analyzes civic responsibility and discusses specific North Carolina statutory and common law provisions applying to teachers, principals, and other school staff in certain circumstances. Some violations may be handled…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Crime, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
Essex, Nathan L. – Principal, 1986
Teacher malpractice, defined as instructional incompetency, or failure to exercise reasonable guidance, counseling, and instructional supervision, is a critical problem. This article reviews recent court decisions favoring school districts. Principals, as instructional leaders, are cautioned about incompetent teachers and inappropriate testing,…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Malpractice, Educational Responsibility, Legal Problems
Peer reviewedBernstein, Barton E.; Collins, Sheila K. – Family Relations, 1985
Summarizes problems specific to remarrying families with children including complex kinship networks, ill defined roles, and financial and legal issues. Focuses on the family counselor's involving an attorney in services to remarrying families, with discussions of pre-marital agreements, inventories, living trust, estate planning, post-marital…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Kinship, Lawyers, Legal Problems
Peer reviewedHayes, S. C. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1984
Problems of deinstitutionalization for mentally retarded persons in Australia are considered, including difficulties involving guardianship and the provision of adequate community services. (CL)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Foreign Countries, Legal Problems
Peer reviewedJordan, Anne S. – Special Libraries, 1985
Discusses computer use in practice of trademark law by following adoption, filing, and prior use of the trademark "Aspen" (for a fruit juice drink). Databases searched to track previous use of mark, trace possible conflicts, and assist in their resolution are mentioned. Database chart and list of vendors is included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Databases, Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility
Evans, Thomas S.; Getman, George J. – American School and University, 1984
Various legal methods, such as copyright, trade secret, and patent law, protect proprietary rights in computer software. Users of this software must respect these rights or face infringement lawsuits. (TE)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Computer Software, Copyrights, Federal Regulation
Peer reviewedThurston, Paul W.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1984
Four legal considerations involved in program evaluation are briefly described: defamation, contract, evaluation malpractice, and confidentiality of sources. Two hypothetical evaluation problems illustrate these legal issues. Suggestions for evaluation practice, based on these legal issues, are presented. (BW)
Descriptors: Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Contracts, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedKoch, James V. – Law and Contemporary Problems, 1973
Despite the claims of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that it is a champion of amateur athletics and physical fitness in colleges and universities, the NCAA is in fact a business cartel composed of university-firms that have varying desires to restrict competition and maximize profits in the area of intercollegiate athletics.…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Athletics, Colleges, Higher Education
Phay, Robert E. – Nation's Schools, 1974
Schoolmen who lose suits brought against them under the rediscovered Civil Rights Act of 1871 must dig into their own pockets to pay damages. Describes insurance that can be obtained for protection. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Court Litigation, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedGauerke, Warren – Counseling and Values, 1973
Descriptors: Adolescents, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Counselor Role
Peer reviewedMacGregor, Mary Jo, Ed. – Journal of School Psychology, 1972
A variety of court decisions and laws relevant to malpractice and liability of school psychologists are presented. Terms are defined and examples of faulty psychological testing, defamation, withholding information, and inferred imcompetence are provided. Suggestions regarding litigation and legal defenses are made and issues related to…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Laws, Legal Problems, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedHornby, D. Brock; Leslie, David W. – Journal of Legal Education, 1973
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Administration, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedQuimby, C. W., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1972
Descriptors: Higher Education, Laws, Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility
Peer reviewedMichael, Gregory E. – Journal of Law And Education, 1972
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Legal Problems, School Law, Student Rights
Peer reviewedConard, Alfred F. – Journal of Legal Education, 1972
Legal reform must start in the law schools. (HS)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Law Enforcement, Law Schools, Laws
