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The Nonpartisan Freedom Of Expression Of Public Employees, Michigan Law Review Dec 1977

The Nonpartisan Freedom Of Expression Of Public Employees, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Governmental activities affect each of us in a myriad of ways. The government's role as employer may pale in comparison with the more glamorous activities of the government as national defender, law enforcer, and allocator of scarce resources. Yet the legal ramifications of public employment-where the public interest in efficient governmental operation often conflicts with the public employee's freedom-have a profound influence upon American society.

In 1968, the Supreme Court in Pickering v. Board of Education formulated a test designed to balance these interests in defining the scope of a public employee's freedom of expression. In examining the nonpartisan free …


Urban Politics And The Criminal Courts, Milton Heumann Nov 1977

Urban Politics And The Criminal Courts, Milton Heumann

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Urban Politics and the Criminal Courts by Martin A. Levin


Federal Regulation Of Union Political Expenditures: New Wine In Old Bottles, Stanley N. Hatch Mar 1977

Federal Regulation Of Union Political Expenditures: New Wine In Old Bottles, Stanley N. Hatch

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Separation, Politics And Judicial Activism, Wallace Mendelson Jan 1977

Separation, Politics And Judicial Activism, Wallace Mendelson

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Separation of Powers


Political Markets And Community Self-Determination: Competing Judicial Models Of Local Government Legitimacy, Frank I. Michelman Jan 1977

Political Markets And Community Self-Determination: Competing Judicial Models Of Local Government Legitimacy, Frank I. Michelman

Indiana Law Journal

This article is a significantly revised version of the Harris Lectures delivered in April, 1977 at the Indiana University School of Law of Bloomington.


Elrod V. Burns: Chipping At The Iceberg Of Political Patronage Jan 1977

Elrod V. Burns: Chipping At The Iceberg Of Political Patronage

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Election Law And Election Reform: Strategy For The Long Run, Stephen E. Gottlieb Jan 1977

Election Law And Election Reform: Strategy For The Long Run, Stephen E. Gottlieb

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.