schools and its leaders. In addition, internationally, schools and its leaders are grappling with social justice issues as a once vast world becomes ever small through technology and cross-cultural interactions (via economics, war, exchanges, etc.). Yet, while this is going on, social justice issues are often marginalized within educational leadership degree and certification programs. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the United States of America. Viewed as soft in comparison to other traditional mainstream topics such as organizational theory, principalship, school law and finance, this phenomenon is representative of a historical event from 1932 when George Counts delivered an infamous speech to the Progressive Education Association entitled, Dare the School build a New Social Order? Given this backdrop, the focus of this special issue revolves around the theme of Dare Professors of Educational Administration Build a New Social Order: Social Justice within an American Perspective.  (less)

source readings. Scott [1866-1943] presents a detailed and comprehensively documented history of the American Constitution from its roots in the Mayflower Compact and other colonial associations through the Eighteenth Amendment. It can be read in this regard as a survey history. His study is especially interesting, however, as a political document written to address the effects of the First World War. Scott wrote this book for a European audience, hoping that his analysis of the Constitution would influence the creation of an international organization of states governed by a Court of Nations modeled on the American Supreme Court. As such, he emphasizes the Constitution's role as an agent of peace and cooperation among different political units. Scott's ideas were later reflected in the establishment of the International Court of Justice, the League of Nations, and the United Nations.  (less)