The law of higher education
By: Dennis J. Farrington, David Palfreyman.
Contributors: Palfreyman, David, 1954-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 638
ISBN-13: 9780199297450
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Law and legislation -- England; Universities and colleges -- Law and legislation -- England
Description: "This book is a successor to two earlier works : Farrington's The law of higher education (1994, 1998) and Palfreyman and Warner's Higher education law (1998, 2002). It combines the expertise and experience of academics, administrators ... to the law governing higher education ..."--Pref.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 613-616) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical note and definitions; title: Legal status of higher education institutions; title: The role of government, the funding councils, QAA, and OFFA; title: The impact of EU law and international obligations; title: Governance structures; title: Officers and managers; title: Charity trusteeship and personal liability; title: The law of meetings; title: Student unions; title: The employment contract; title: The statutory regulation of employment; title: Dismissals and disputes; title: The student-HEI legal relationship; title: The student as consumer?; title: The role of judicial review in the statutory HEIs; title: Academic freedom and HEI autonomy; title: Ownership and exploitation of intellectual property; title: Data protection and freedom of information; title: Trading companies; title: Mergers and acquisitions; title: Agreements with institutions and organizations; title: HEI premises : occupier's liability and disability discrimination; title: Campus security; title: Student residential accommodation; title: Health and safety; title: Risk assessment and management; title: Dispute management : mediation and litigation; title: The relevance of comparative studies; title: Higher education law in the common law systems; title: Higher education law in the civil law systems.