We the students
Subtitle: Supreme Court decisions for and about students
By: Jamin B. Raskin.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780872897618
Subjects: Students -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Cases; Students -- Civil rights -- United States -- Cases; Educational law and legislation -- United States -- Cases
Genres: Cases.
Description: Presents information about the U.S. Constitution and courts, with studies of a selection of Supreme Court cases that explore some of the problems facing young Americans, including freedom of expression, freedom of the student press, the right to privacy, freedom from discrimination, due process, and others.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "We the people" : our constitution and courts; title: Voices and choices :the First Amendment and student speech; title: Freedom of the student press : all the news the school sees fit to print; title: The wall of separation between church and school; title: The Fourth Amendment : searching the student body; title: The constitution and student discipline : " due process" and "cruel and unusual punishment" at school; title: Equal and protection against race discrimination : from segregation to multicultural democracy; title: The other lines we draw at school : wealth, gender, citizenship, and sexual orientation; title: Harassment in the hallways : sexual harassment, bullying, and the law; title: A healthy student body : disability, privacy, pregnancy, and sexuality.