Volume 2: 2006 Edition

Are German Non-‐Public Secondary Schools More Eﬀective in Reaching Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Educational Goals; Dronkers, J. Baumert & K. Schwippert
The Supply Side of Choice; Paul T. Hill
Faith-‐Based Alternative School Choice in Alberta: Conservative Revolution, Post-‐Modern Fragmentation, or Principled Pluralism?; John L. Hiemstra
The True Impact of School Diversity?; Stephen Gorard
Denominational Primary Schools in the Republic of Ireland and the Challenge of Democracy; Dympna Glendenning
On the International Dimension of Education and Social Justice; Stephen P. Heyneman
Freedom of Education and Charter Schools; Cara Stillings

THEMATIC REPORT

Educational Legislation

Speech at the 4th European Cultural and Educational Forum, held 29 November 2005 at the College of Europe – Bruges; Alain Brun
The Social Technology Approach to Legislation. A Model for Legislating Education; Mircea Cojanu
Legisprudence as a New Theory of Legislation; Luc J. Wintgens
Regulating Experiments in Education: A Matter of the Executive Power or the Parliament?; Brecht Steen
How does Policy inform Practice? An Applicable Model; Ke Yu
Organisational and Legal Autonomy in Australian Schools: A Review of the ‘New Schools’ Policy Dilemma; Briony Scott & Stephen Crump
Direct and Reverse Causality between Teacher Eﬀect and Student Performance; Ella Kallai, Mircea Maniu & Monica Voicu
Recent Developments in Legislation of the Russian Federation concerning Non-Commercial Organizations Artem Rodin
Classifying the Limitation of the Right to Education in the First Protocol to the European Convention; Gerhard van der Schyﬀ

LANDMARK DECISIONS

Islamic Dress in English Schools: Reconciling Conﬂicting Interests; Paul Meredith
Recent Developments in the Interpretation and Application of the Language Provisions of the South African Constitution Applicable to Public Schools; P.J. Visser
Student Participation in ‘Free Universities’ Funded by Belgium’s French Community; Gerhard van der Schyﬀ
The Justiﬁability of Higher Education Reforms by Belgium’s French Community; Gerhard van der Schyﬀ

THE 2006 IJELP

IJELP

The International Journal for Education Law and Policy provides a critical review of contemporary developments in education law. It combines analysis, commentary and documentation on national education legislation and European and international developments in education. The Journal gives high priority to articles, which provide a comparative perspective and offer a link between law and policy issues. Apart from scholarly articles reviewing the implementation of and new developments in educational legislation at the national, regional, European, and international levels, IJELP features special thematic reports and contains special country reports.
The articles are subject to peer review by independent referees. Published on behalf of the European Association for Education Law and Policy, in cooperation with US-ELA, SAELPA (South African Education Law and Policy Association), LEAGUE OF EDUCATION LAW (Russian Federation), ANZELA (Australia and New Zealand Education Law Association), CAPSLE (Canadian Association of the Practical Study of Law in Education), with the support of UNESCO and supra-national and international
organizations.

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