"This new book covers the complete range of education law and provides students with a valuable collection of relevant cases and materials and with a linking commentary to illuminate the selection. The work examines both schools and the law relating to further and higher education. In addition, it looks at a wide range of issues including an introduction to the growth and scope of education law and the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on this area of law. Education law essentially meet the needs of undergraduate law students studying education legislation and case law as well as relevant aspects of the law of tort, child law, human rights and discrimination law. It is equally indispensable for head teachers, school governors and local authority officials."