Handbook of Comparative Education Law

Selected Asian Nations

Edited by Charles J. Russo

Publication date:

01 November 2017

Length of book:

160 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781475839531

Each of the four volumes in this set, as well as each volume independently, provide comparative analyses for researches, practitioners, and students of the law and education
In examining law and education in various countries around the world. Designed to allow readers to learn from, rather than copy, the legal and educational systems in these volumes, the books are designed to generate thought and conversation on how education can be improved around the world. By having chapter authors, leading academicians in the home countries, follow the same template so it can be easier to compare similarities and differences, thereby helping to make the book user friendly. The value of these books is that they should help to enhance international awareness of the similarities and advantages associated with bringing together knowledge from various countries concerning education law.
Volume 2, encompassing Selected Nations in Asia, namely China, Israel, Palestine, South Korea, and Turkey, consists of detailed analysis of educational law and systems in these representative countries so researchers and students there and elsewhere can learn from one another.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Overview of this Volume
Conclusion
Chapter 1: China
Introduction
Legal and Constitutional Sources of Education Law
Institutional Issues
Faculty Rights
Student Rights
Emerging Issues
Conclusion and Discussion
Chapter 2: Israel
Introduction
Legal System
Conceptual Framework: The Conflict of Students’ Rights in Education
The Tradeoff between the Rights of Teachers and Students
The Right to Education, The Act, and Discrimination in Education: A Constitutional Typology
Discussion and Conclusion
Chapter 3: Palestine
Introduction
Territory, Jurisdiction and Legal Provision for Education
Sources of Education Law and its Application
Institutional Issues
Teacher Rights
Student Rights
Emerging Issues
Conclusion
Chapter 4: South Korea
Introduction
Legal Sources of Primary and Secondary Education
Institutional Issues
Faculty Rights
Student Rights
Emerging Issues
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Turkey
Introduction
National Background Information
An Overview of Turkey’s Education System
Legal/Constitutional Sources of Education in Turkey
Institutional Issues
Faculty Rights
Student Rights
Emerging Issues
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Summary and Recommendations
Introduction
Summary and Analysis
Legal Systems
Institutional Issues
Faculty Rights
Student Rights
Emerging Issues
Recommendations
Conclusion
About the Editor
About the Contributors

For the past three decades, Charlie Russo has traveled the world offering an American perspective on education law and developing an encyclopedic knowledge of the countries he visited. With this multi-volume collection, Charlie and contributors draw on local experts to present one of the most comprehensive overviews of the education law throughout the globe. For those lawyers and educational policy makers who wish to learn from the experience of other nations, this collection is indispensable.