Procedural Due Process and State University Students

Authors

William W. Van Alstyne, Duke Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1963

Keywords

due process, students, university, Fourteenth Amendment, in loco parentis, free speech

Abstract

This examination seeks to address the problems both universities and students confront regarding the growth of student expression. It is noted that contemporary students sometimes have fewer rights than petty criminals and this article explores the common reasons behind universities’ abbreviated procedures and reconcile those reasons with students’ emerging Fourteenth Amendment rights.

Citation

William W. Van Alstyne, Procedural Due Process and State University Students, 10 UCLA Law Review 368-389 (1963)