Charles J. Russo, M. Div., J.D., Ed. D., is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences, Director of its Ph.D. Program, and Research Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Dayton. Author or co-author more than 280 articles in peer-reviewed journals; authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited more than 60 books, and more than 1,000 publications, Russo speaks extensively on issues in Education Law in the United States and other Nations.

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.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionOverview of this VolumeConclusionChapter 1: AustraliaIntroductionAustralian Legal System and Sources of Education LawInstitutional IssuesTeacher Rights and DutiesStudent Rights and DutiesEmerging IssueConclusionChapter 2: MalaysiaIntroductionLegal and Constitutional Sources of Education LawInstitutional IssuesTeacher Rights Student RightsEmerging IssuesConclusionChapter 3: New Zealand-AotearoaIntroductionThe Sources of Education Law: Historical Development of Compulsory Attendance in a Bicultural NationThe Right to Education and The State’s ResponsibilityEducation for Children with Special Needs The Right to Education in a Safe Environment: Secular Education - Freedom of Religion and Freedom from ReligionRights in EducationSchool Discipline: Exclusionary MeasuresTeachers’ Employment and RightsCurrent and Emerging Issues Facing SchoolsConclusionChapter 4: SingaporeIntroductionSources of Education LawInstitutional IssuesFaculty RightsStudent RightsEmerging IssuesConclusionChapter 5: Summary and RecommendationsIntroductionSummary and AnalysisLegal SystemsInstitutional Issues Faculty RightsStudent RightsEmerging IssuesRecommendationsConclusionAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors

Charles J. Russo, M. Div., J.D., Ed. D., is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences, Director of its Ph.D. Program, and Research Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Dayton. Author or co-author more than 280 articles in peer-reviewed journals; authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited more than 60 books, and more than 1,000 publications, Russo speaks extensively on issues in Education Law in the United States and other Nations.

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.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionOverview of this VolumeConclusionChapter 1: AustraliaIntroductionAustralian Legal System and Sources of Education LawInstitutional IssuesTeacher Rights and DutiesStudent Rights and DutiesEmerging IssueConclusionChapter 2: MalaysiaIntroductionLegal and Constitutional Sources of Education LawInstitutional IssuesTeacher Rights Student RightsEmerging IssuesConclusionChapter 3: New Zealand-AotearoaIntroductionThe Sources of Education Law: Historical Development of Compulsory Attendance in a Bicultural NationThe Right to Education and The State’s ResponsibilityEducation for Children with Special Needs The Right to Education in a Safe Environment: Secular Education - Freedom of Religion and Freedom from ReligionRights in EducationSchool Discipline: Exclusionary MeasuresTeachers’ Employment and RightsCurrent and Emerging Issues Facing SchoolsConclusionChapter 4: SingaporeIntroductionSources of Education LawInstitutional IssuesFaculty RightsStudent RightsEmerging IssuesConclusionChapter 5: Summary and RecommendationsIntroductionSummary and AnalysisLegal SystemsInstitutional Issues Faculty RightsStudent RightsEmerging IssuesRecommendationsConclusionAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors