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• Robert Aalberts & Gary Rhodes, Legal Issues, in NAFSA'S GUIDE TO EDUCATION ABROAD FOR ADVISORS AND ADMINISTRATORS 351, 360-63 (William Hoffa & John Pearson, 2nd eds., 1997).
• Robert D. Bickel & Peter F. Lake, The Emergency of New Paradigm in Student-University Relations: From ‘In Loco Parentis' to Bystander to Facilitator, 23 J.C. & U.L. 755, 761 (Spring 1997).
• James A. Dall, Determining Duty in Collegiate Tort Litigation: Shifting Paradigms of the College-Student Relationship, 29 J.C. & U.L. 485 (2003)
• William P. Hoye, & Gary M. Rhodes, An Ounce of Prevention is Worth…the Life of a Student: Reducing the Risk in International Programs, 27 J.C.& U.L. 151 (Summer 2000)
• Richard C. Kast, In Loco Parentis and the “Reasonable Person”: Liability Issues in International Studies Programs, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATOR, Vol. VII, No.1 (Fall 1997/Winter 1998), at http://www.secUSsa.nafsa.org/safetyabroad/kast.html.
• Arlene S. Kanter, The Presumption Against Extraterritoriality as applied to Disability Discrimination Laws: Where Does it Leave Students with Disabilities Studying Abroad? 14 STAN. L. & POL'Y REV. 291, 308-309 (2003).
• Laura Rothstein, Disability Law and Higher Education: A Road Map for Where We've Been and Where We May be Heading, 63 Md. L. Rev. 122(2004).