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Why Love Is Bad Law

By K.C. Johnson

?The Duke bulletin is not a valid contract.? Of Duke?s hundreds of pages of filings in the lacrosse case civil suit, that sentence is perhaps the most striking. Duke?s official publications and website tell students that they will not be harassed on the basis of race, class, or gender; and that professors will treat all Duke students with respect, as fellow members of the academic community. But, as Duke?s attorneys have made clear, the University believes it has no legal obligation to actually enforce these admirable provisions. (I have found nothing in Duke?s admissions material communicating this message to prospective Duke parents.) Duke, of course, has implemented both the student bulletin and the faculty handbook on many occasions. (Just ask the hundreds, if not thousands, of students who have gotten caught up in University disciplinary proceedings...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on May 11, 2009 (boomark / email).