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Principals and legal risks: contrasting perspectives

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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by Kim Teh
There has been an increasing awareness across many jurisdictions of potential legal issues that might arise in schools. These issues range from bullying to sexual misconduct, from injury to negligence. In a recent study in Singapore, despite the increased attention to such issues, school principals displayed a range of attitudes toward legal risk and a diverse range of strategies to minimise it. The findings were compared to those from a small scale study of senior educators in Australia in order to ascertain commonalities and differences of view. This paper summarises those views and suggests some basic principles to help those in positions of leadership to avert unwanted legal attention.

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Journal

International journal of law & education

Volume

19

Issue

1

Pagination

55 - 71

Publisher

University of Newcastle

Location

Newcastle, N.S.W.

ISSN

1836-9030

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal article

Copyright notice

2014, Australia and New Zealand Education Law Association

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