Law and Social Work Practice Book

	Contributors	xv
	Foreword	xvii
	Preface	xxi
	Acknowledgments	xxvii
Part I	An Introduction to Legal Processes
1	Law and the Social Environment	3
	Characteristics of Law	3
	Sources and Functions of American Law	7
	Limits of the Law	12
2	The Judicial Process: Part One: The Nature of Case Law	19
	Case Law and the Doctrine of Precedent	19
	Case Law and "Res Judicata," "Reversal," and "Overruling"	21
	Case Law, Ratio Decidendi and Dicta	23
	Case Law, Stare Decisis, and the Court Hierarchy	23
	The Development of Case Law and the Judicial Function	25
	Case Law Development and the Legal Reasoning Process	28
	The Analysis of a Judicial Opinion	34
	The Synthesis of Case Law	35
	King v. Smith, 392 U.S. 309 (1968)	36
	Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618 (1969)	44
	Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 (1970)	50
	Wyman v. James, 400 U.S. 309 (1971)	56
	Dandridge v. Williams, 397 U.S. 471 (1970)	64
3	The Judicial Process: Part Two: Introduction to Givil Procedure	71
	The Structure of a Civil Lawsuit	71
	Facts	72
	Beginning the Civil Process: The Complaint from Roe v. Anderson	76
	The Complaint	76
	Roe v. Anderson, 966 F. Supp. 977 (1997)	85
	Brief of Social Scientists as Amici Curiae in Anderson v. Roe	92
	Saenz v. Roe, 119 S. Ct 1518 (1999)	100
4	The Legislative Process	112
	Legislative Authority, Structure and Function	112
	The Design of Legislation	114
	Stages of Legislative Process: Part One: Enacting Substantive Legislation	116
	Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996	118
	Remarks by President Clinton at the Welfare: Reform Bill Signing	143
	Stages of Legislative Process Part Two: Appropriating for Legislation	147
	How Does the Government Create a Budget?	149
	How to Read a Statute or Bill	152
5	The Interpretation of Legislation: The Search for Legislative Intent	155
	Conceptualizing Legislative Intent	155
	Strategies for Identifying Legislative Intent	158
	Legislative Intent in Action: A Case Example	166
	Dandrige v. Williams, 397 U.S. 471 (1970)	167
6	The Implementation of Legislation	168
	A Framework for Analyzing the Implementation of Legislation	169
	Implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996	170
	Judicial Interpretation of PRWORA: Implications for Implementation	175
	City of Chicago v. Shalala (ILL. D.C.: 1998)	176
	Saenz v. Roe, 119 S. Ct. 1518 (1999)	181
	Administrative Evaluation of Legislative Implementation: The Pennsylvania Attorney General Review of Act 35 (Pennsylvania's Welfare Reform Act)	181
	Interdependence of Legal Processes	189
7	The Administrative Process	210
	Key Features of Administrative Authority	210
	Stages in the Administrative Process	216
	Judicial Interpretation of Regulations	217
	Title 45-Public Welfare	218
	Anderson v. Edwards, 514 U.S. 143 (1995)	219
Part II	Skills Dimension
8	Social Work Advocacy in Legislative and Administrative Processes	227
	Legislative Advocacy Tactics	227
	Legislative Advocacy and Offering Testimony	229
	Examples of Legislative Testimony	235
	Social Work Advocacy and the Administrative Process	243
9	Legal Research Resources and Techniques	246
	Resources for Finding the Law	246
	A Uniform System of Citation	252
	Suggested Legal Research Techniques	252
	Electronic Legal Research Resources	255
	A Concluding Note	255
10	Court Testimony and Evidence	256
	Evidence Concepts and Principles	256
	Witnesses	261
	In Re Custody of J.S.S., 298 Pa. Super. Ct. (1982)	277
	Living with Uncertainty	281
11	Privileged Communications and Worker-Client Relations	282
	Creating the Communications Privilege	282
	Asserting the Privilege	284
	Bower v. Weisman, 669 F. Supp. 602 (1987)	286
	State v. Andring, 342 N.W. 2d 128	289
	Exceptions to the Privilege	294
	The Duty to Warn: The Legacy of Tarasoff	296
12	Social Work Privilege in Federal Courts: Deconstructing Jaffe v. Redmond (1996)	298
	The Facts of Jaffe v. Redmond	299
	Reconciling the Oral Argument in Jaffe v. Redmond with the Court's Final Decision	301
	Conclusion	318
	Jaffe v. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1 (1996)	319
Part III	Socio-Legal Issues in Social Work Practice
13	Social Worker-Lawyer Partnerships: Historical and Contempory Perspectives	329
	Historical Antecedents	329
	Legal Content in Social Work Education: Preparing Students for Interprofessional Practice	333
	Legal Scholarship	335
	Legal Content in Social Work Education	338
	Knowledge of the Law	339
	Skills in Legal Practice	340
	Conclusion	344
14	Second Parent Adoption and Same-Sex Relationships	346
	The Problem	347
	The Contours of the Case Law	347
	Conclusion	351
	Adoption of Tammy, 416 Mass. 205 (1993)	352
15	The Civil Rights Remedy of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994	359
	An Overview of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994	359
	Major Provisions of VAWA	360
	The Civil Rights Remedy of VAWA	361
	Conclusion	365
	Christy Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 132 F.3d 949 (1997)	365
16	Informed Consent for Medical Treatment	381
	Robert Long and Raymond Albert Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital (1914)	382
	Schloendorff and Its Progeny	384
	Schloendorff's Legacy: Doctrine of Informed Consent	385
	Conclusion	389
	Canterbury v. Spence, 150 U.S. App. D.C. 263 (1972)	389
	Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dep't. of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990)	397
17	Liability for Neglect in Nursing Homes	408
	Federal and Pennsylvania State Nursing Home Regulations	408
	Application of Criminal Statutes to Acts of Corporate Negligence	411
	Case Law Analysis	415
	Future Directions	420
	People v. Casa Blanca Convalescent Homes, 159 Cal. App. 3d 509 (1984)	421
18	Imposing the Death Penalty on Juveniles	429
	Historical Antecedents	429
	Evolution of Precedent and the Role of the Socio-Political Environment	431
	Retreat from Progress	434
	Future Trends	436
	The State of Washington v. Furman, 122 Wash. 2d 440 (1993)	436
19	Charitable Organizations and Lobbying	444
	Case Law Addressing Federal Lobbying Statutes	444
	The Unconstitutional Conditions Case Law	446
	The "Nonsubsidizing" Case Law	451
	Conclusion	453
	Rust v. Sullivan, 500 U.S. 173 (1991)	454
	Regan v. Taxation with Representation, 461 U.S. 540 (1983)	464
20	Lobbying Reform and Nonprofit Organizations: Policy Images and Constituent Policy	467
	Istook and Earlier Concerns About Nonprofit Organizations	470
	Shifting Policy Image and New Political Momentum	477
	Policy Evolution and Political Learning	482
21	Restrictions to Legal Services for the Poor	485
	The Office of Economic Opportunity Legal Services Program	486
	Creation of the LSC-A Move to Depoliticize the Agency	487
	Case Law	491
	Challenging the 1996 Restrictions	494
	Conclusion	497
	Notes	499
	Table of Cases	509
	References	513
	Index	525