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Statement On Constitutional Conventions, Society Of American Law Teachers
Statement On Constitutional Conventions, Society Of American Law Teachers
Statements
In 1978, The Board of Governors of the Society of American Law Teachers issued a statement on the issue of calling for a constitutional convention to amend the Constitution.
Board Of Curators Of The University Of Missouri V. Horowitz: Academic Versus Judicial Expertise, R. Lawrence Dessem
Board Of Curators Of The University Of Missouri V. Horowitz: Academic Versus Judicial Expertise, R. Lawrence Dessem
Faculty Publications
In Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. Horowitz' the United States Supreme Court rejected the argument that public university students are constitutionally entitled to a hearing prior to their dismissal from school for academic reasons. In ruling against a former medical student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the Court concluded that "the determination whether to dismiss a student for academic reasons requires an expert evaluation of cumulative information and is not readily adapted to the procedural tools of judicial or administrative decisionmaking. ' In this article that conclusion and the several opinions in Horowitz will be …
The Ohio Bill Of Rights, Paul C. Giannelli
Note, A Dialogue On The Political Question Doctrine, Thomas B. Mcaffee, Christopher A. Johnson
Note, A Dialogue On The Political Question Doctrine, Thomas B. Mcaffee, Christopher A. Johnson
Scholarly Works
Legal scholars have generally discussed the political question doctrine as part of the larger debate over the legitimacy of judicial review. Points of discordance aside, scholars have agreed that the doctrine is “a classic technique of judicial avoidance, a way of allowing a governmental decision to stand without involving the Court in supporting its legitimacy.” Thus, debate over the objectives, legitimacy and scope of the doctrine has traditionally proceeded from the unquestioned assumption that there exists a body of law which justifies judicial abstention from deciding some types of issues.
In recent years, however, some scholars have challenged the assumption …