Historical note and definitions
Legal status of higher education institutions
The role of government, the funding councils, QAA, and OFFA
The impact of EU law and international obligations
Governance structures
Officers and managers
Charity trusteeship and personal liability
The law of meetings
Student unions
The employment contract
The statutory regulation of employment
Dismissals and disputes
The student-HEI legal relationship
The student as consumer?
The role of judicial review in the statutory HEIs
Academic freedom and HEI autonomy
Ownership and exploitation of intellectual property
Data protection and freedom of information
Trading companies
Mergers and acquisitions
Agreements with institutions and organizations
HEI premises : occupier's liability and disability discrimination
Campus security
Student residential accommodation
Health and safety
Risk assessment and management
Dispute management : mediation and litigation
The relevance of comparative studies
Higher education law in the common law systems
Higher education law in the civil law systems.
The law of higher education by D. J. Farrington. ISBN 9780199297450. Published by Oxford University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.