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Kentucky Law Survey: Education: Teachers’ Rights, Keith Graham Hanley, Robert G. Schwemm

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Tenure occupies an important place in the mind of any new teacher. During the past survey year, the Kentucky courts have demonstrated that this status is not only important to teachers generally; it is essential to continued job security. The aegis of tenure provides not only the substance of teachers’ rights but also the procedure used to protect those rights.

Discharged teachers have alleged violations of the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution in both its equal protection and due process aspects and violations of the Kentucky constitution. However, in each instance the courts have summarily dismissed these claims, preferring …

An "Equivocal Estoppel": The Strange Career Of Promissory Estoppel In Kentucky Contract Law, Steven Connelly

Kentucky Law Journal

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County Jail Reform In Kentucky--A Second Look, Wm. Barry Birdwhistell

Kentucky Law Journal

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Kentucky V. Whorton And The Presumption-Of-Innocence Instruction: An Imprecise Formula For Appellate Review, Anne Abbott Trumpf

Kentucky Law Journal

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