Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL PROCESSES -- 1 Law and the Social Environment -- Characteristics of Law -- Sources and Functions of American Law -- Limits of the Law -- 2 The Judicial Process Part One: The Nature of Case Law -- Case Law and the Doctrine of Precedent -- Case Law and "Res Judicata," "Reversal," and "Overruling" -- Case Law, Ratio Decidendi and Dicta -- Case Law, Stare Decisis, and the Court Hierarchy -- The Development of Case Law and the Judicial Function -- Case Law Development and the Legal Reasoning Process -- The Analysis of a Judicial Opinion -- The Synthesis of Case Law -- King v. Smith, 392 U.S. 309 (1968) -- Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618 (1969) -- Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 (1970) -- Wyman v. James, 400 U.S. 309 (1971) -- Dandridge v. Williams, 397 U.S. 471 (1970) -- 3 The Judicial Process Part Two: Introduction to Civil Procedure -- The Structure of a Civil Lawsuit -- Facts -- Beginning the Civil Process: The Complaint from Roe v. Anderson -- The Complaint -- Roe v. Anderson, 966 F. Supp. 977 (1997) -- Brief of Social Scientists as Amici Curiae in Anderson v. Roe -- Saenz v. Roe, 119 S. Ct, 1518 (1999) -- 4 The Legislative Process -- Legislative Authority, Structure and Function -- The Design of Legislation -- Stages of Legislative Process Part One: Enacting Substantive Legislation -- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 -- Remarks by President Clinton at the Welfare Reform Bill Signing -- Stages of Legislative Process Part Two: Appropriating for Legislation -- How Does the Government Create a Budget? -- How to Read a Statute or Bill -- 5 The Interpretation of Legislation: The Search for Legislative Intent -- Conceptualizing Legislative Intent -- Strategies for Identifying Legislative Intent.

Legislative Intent in Action: A Case Example -- Dandrige v. Williams, 397 U.S. 471 (1970) -- 6 The Implementation of Legislation -- A Framework for Analyzing the Implementation of Legislation -- Implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 -- Judicial Interpretation of PRWORA: Implications for Implementation -- City of Chicago v. Shalala (ILL. D.C.: 1998) -- Saenz v. Roe, 119 S. Ct. 1518 (1999) -- Administrative Evaluation of Legislative Implementation: The Pennsylvania Attorney General Review of Act 35 (Pennsylvania's Welfare Reform Act) -- Interdependence of Legal Processes -- 7 The Administrative Process -- Key Features of Administrative Authority -- Stages in the Administrative Process -- Judicial Interpretation of Regulations -- Title 45-Public Welfare -- Anderson v. Edwards, 514 U.S. 143 (1995) -- PART II: SKILLS DIMENSION -- 8 Social Work Advocacy in Legislative and Administrative Processes -- Legislative Advocacy Tactics -- Legislative Advocacy and Offering Testimony -- Examples of Legislative Testimony -- Social Work Advocacy and the Administrative Process -- 9 Legal Research Resources and Techniques -- Resources for Finding the Law -- A Uniform System of Citation -- Suggested Legal Research Techniques -- Electronic Legal Research Resources -- A Concluding Note -- 10 Court Testimony and Evidence -- Evidence Concepts and Principles -- Witnesses -- In Re Custody of J.S.S., 298 Pa. Super. Ct. (1982) -- Living with Uncertainty -- 11 Privileged Communications and Worker-Client Relations -- Creating the Communications Privilege -- Asserting the Privilege -- Bower v. Weisman, 669 F. Supp. 602 (1987) -- State v. Andring, 342 N.W. 2d 128 -- Exceptions to the Privilege -- The Duty to Warn: The Legacy of Tarasoff -- 12 Social Work Privilege in Federal Courts: Deconstructing Jaffe v. Redmond (1996).

The Facts of Jaffe v. Redmond -- Reconciling the Oral Argument in Jaffe v. Redmond with the Court's Final Decision -- Conclusion -- Jaffe v. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1 (1996) -- PART III: SOCIO-LEGAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE -- 13 Social Worker-Lawyer Partnerships: Historical and Contempory Perspectives -- Historical Antecedents -- Legal Content in Social Work Education: Preparing Students for Interprofessional Practice -- Legal Scholarship -- Legal Content in Social Work Education -- Knowledge of the Law -- Skills in Legal Practice -- Conclusion -- 14 Second Parent Adoption and Same-Sex Relationships -- The Problem -- The Contours of the Case Law -- Conclusion -- Adoption of Tammy, 416 Mass. 205 (1993) -- 15 The Civil Rights Remedy of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 -- An Overview of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 -- Major Provisions of VAWA -- The Civil Rights Remedy of VAWA -- Conclusion -- Christy Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 132F.3d949 (1997) -- 16 Informed Consent for Medical Treatment -- Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital (1914) -- Schloendorff and Its Progeny -- Schloendorff's Legacy: Doctrine of Informed Consent -- Conclusion -- Canterbury v. Spence, 150 U.S. App. D.C. 263 (1972) -- Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dep't. of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990) -- 17 Liability for Neglect in Nursing Homes -- Federal and Pennsylvania State Nursing Home Regulations -- Application of Criminal Statutes to Acts of Corporate Negligence -- Case Law Analysis -- Future Directions -- People v. Casa Blanca Convalescent Homes, 159 Cal. App. 3d 509 (1984) -- 18 Imposing the Death Penalty on Juveniles -- Historical Antecedents -- Evolution of Precedent and the Role of the Socio-Political Environment -- Retreat from Progress -- Future Trends -- The State of Washington v. Furman, 122 Wash. 2d 440 (1993).

19 Charitable Organizations and Lobbying -- Case Law Addressing Federal Lobbying Statutes -- The Unconstitutional Conditions Case Law -- The "Nonsubsidizing" Case Law -- Conclusion -- Rust v. Sullivan, 500 U.S. 173 (1991) -- Regan v. Taxation with Representation, 461 U.S. 540 (1983) -- 20 Lobbying Reform and Nonprofit Organizations: Policy Images and Constituent Policy -- Istook and Earlier Concerns About Nonprofit Organizations -- Shifting Policy Image and New Political Momentum -- Policy Evolution and Political Learning -- 21 Restrictions to Legal Services for the Poor -- The Office of Economic Opportunity Legal Services Program -- Creation of the LSC-A Move to Depoliticize the Agency -- Case Law -- Challenging the 1996 Restrictions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Table of Cases -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- V -- W.