Full Description
This book provides a user-friendly guide to constitutional law in the context of public colleges and universities that is easily accessible to students, faculty members, and administrators. While this book will be helpful to lawyers, our primary audience is the educated layperson. Each of the book's chapters discusses the basic constitutional principles and how they apply in the context of public higher education.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION: NO ANGELS ON CAMPUS: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION
CHAPTER 1: THE FIXED STAR: THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH
CHAPTER 2: THE FIRST FREEDOM: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ON CAMPUS
CHAPTER 3: NEITHER KNOWS NOR TOLERATES CLASSES: EQUAL PROTECTION
CHAPTER 4: A FUNDAMENTAL VALUE DETERMINATION: PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS IN CAMPUS DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 5: THE DOUBLE SECURITY: DUAL SOVEREIGNTY AND STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
CHAPTER 6: THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, NOT THEIR AGENTS: JUDICIAL ENFORCMENT OF FEDERAL LAW AND IMMUNITY
CONCLUSION: BUT THERE IS US: PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION AND HOPE FOR THE CONSTITUTION
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE AUTHORS
APPENDIX I: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
APPENDIX II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
