Student speech on the Internet : the role of First Amendment protections / Jesulon S.R. Gibbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbs, Jesulon S. R., 1979-

Series:

Law and society (New York, N.Y.)

Law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Students--Civil rights--United States.

Students.

Internet--Law and legislation--United States.

Internet.

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

United States. Constitution--1st Amendment.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso, Tex. : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Student speech on the Internet, cyber speech, which occurs while off-campus is a growing concern for K-12 public school officials. Parents and students have claimed that First Amendment violations occur when school officials discipline students for their speech occurring off-campus on the Internet using a personal computer and personal Internet services. However, courts vary on the applicable legal standard for cases of off-campus student Internet speech since no specific U.S. Supreme Court ruling governs the question. Therefore, courts, school administrators, and legal scholars are re-examini

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Part One; Chapter One Introduction; A. Significance; B. Limitations of Research; Chapter Two The First Amendment Foundation; A. Student Speech in the Internet Era; B. Implications of Student Speech in the Internet Age; Chapter Three Free Speech Jurisprudence; A. Application to Public Schools; B. The Supreme Court on Student Free Speech Rights; C. Student Off-Campus Internet Speech; D. Summary of Existing Literature; Chapter Four The Edjurist Methodology; A. Education-Law Scholarship; B. Conducting Legal Research; C. Data Collection and Analysis for This Study

Part TwoChapter Five Circuit Court Cases; A. Judicial Trends in Circuit Court Cases; B. Facts of Off-Campus Speech Cases; Chapter Six District Court Cases; A. Judicial Trends in District Court Cases; B. District Court Cases; Chapter Seven State Court Cases; A. Judicial Trends in State Court Cases; B. State Court Cases; Part Three; Chapter Eight Case Analysis; A. Descriptive Data on Off-Campus Speech Cases; B. Legal Standards Applied to Cases; C. Policy Implications for School Administrators; D. Summary of Analytical Frameworks; Chapter Nine Proposed Framework

Chapter Ten Future Directions & Educational PolicyImplicationsA. Future Directions; B. Concluding Policy Implications; Appendix; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593326562

1593326564

OCLC:

818818825