Providing an extensive, factual account of the controversy regarding the sale of a television station in Bloomington, Indiana, this paper presents a description of the legal issues involved, discusses the correspondence between the author and the purchasers of the station, outlines the justification for filing a Petition to Deny the transfer, and…

The issue contains reports on seven new court cases regarding mental retardation and the law and updated information on 35 cases previously reported. Cases concern such issues as classification, commitment, education, employment, sterilization, and treatment. Also included is a feature article on the implications of Halderman v Pennhurst State…

Questions concerning the relative protection afforded by the speech and press clauses of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, the law of libel, and protection for the editorial process are the focus of this paper. The first section summarizes arguments for First Amendment press protection, focusing on the question of whether…

A QUESTIONNAIRE WITH 12 OPEN-ENDED ITEMS WAS SENT TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS IN 14 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND JAPAN. THE 11 REPLIES CITE THESE PROBLEMS IN PROGRAM EXCHANGE--LANGUAGE, PERFORMER'S FEES, PROFITS, LINKS BETWEEN TEXTBOOK PUBLISHERS AND PROGRAM PRODUCERS, THE VIDEO-TAPE RECORDER, COPYRIGHT ISSUES. (LH)

In 1968 the Ford Foundation appointed an Advisory Committee on Endowment Management to study the management of college and university endowment funds with an eye toward the accounting and legal principals of more unconventional investing. The Committee concluded that gains from endowments need not be treated as principal of NACUBO sees this…

This is the first of several volumes to be published annually in the field of environmental law. It contains material from periodicals published in early 1970, 1969, and several articles of special significance which appeared in periodicals bearing 1968 dates. It has been collected primarily for lawyers so they may have, in convenient reference…

The Study Commission has formulated five propositions. One: The function of education is first to bring the child to adult competency in the neighborhood or culture of his birth or present household and second to provide him with critical perspectives provided by the procedures for investigating, understanding, or imagining that are currently used…

The question of whether protection against unauthorized use of a person's name of likeness for commercial gain is subsumed under property rights or the right to privacy remains unsettled. The thesis of this article is that either area may be appropriate, depending on the plaintiff's motivation in bringing the action. The case of Lugosi v.…

This study identifies and describes legal and operational structures of campus security offices, obtains an appraisal of campus security offices by students, faculty, and administrators and develops a proposed model for the effective use of campus security officers within a college setting. Following an overview of the study, Chapter II traces the…

This paper covers an area of tort law known as the invasion of the right of privacy, with particular emphasis upon the release of student information by colleges and universities. Following an examination of various legal cases, the law of privacy is related to public disclosure of private facts seems to require the following disclosures: private…

This report presents the proceedings of the 1971 annual meeting of the Western Association of Graduate Schools. The first general session of the meeting presented speeches and a discussion of the legal aspects of graduate education. The second session speakers concentrated on the topic of the graduate teaching assistants with regard to training…

One of the projects selected for the University Urban Interface Program at the University of Pittsburgh was that of studying and implementing some long-range goals for the city of Pittsburgh. Of the goals set up, reforms in the criminal justice system are seen as very desirable. Indeed, leaders in government and law in the black community programs…

One of the major objectives of the University Urban Interface Program (UUIP) at the University of Pittsburgh was to develop some long-range goals for the city of Pittsburgh to improve the community. This document is specifically concerned with law and order in the metropolitan area with regard to reforms needed in the machinery. If people were to…

This compilation of 27 abstracts of documents searched through the ERIC system, Dissertation Abstracts and the journal literature covers the ethics involved in student record keeping and privileged information, together with recent legal decisions affecting the counselor and the counseling relationship. (CJ)

This document is the fourth in a series of studies designed to examine the legal aspects of various potential educational problems in our society. This particular study deals with the case of a private university in New York State that sues the State University of New York for exceeding its statutory authority. The private school accuses SUNY, in…