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Lawyers And The Abortion Debate: Presenting A Balanced View, Thomas B. Mcaffee
Lawyers And The Abortion Debate: Presenting A Balanced View, Thomas B. Mcaffee
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The author is pleased to see the publication of A Lawyer Looks at Abortion because legal scholars have much to contribute to the understanding of public questions. Lay readers too often receive distorted impressions of legal issues from the media, and those who understand the system best are frequently too busy writing for the legal community to contribute to popular literature. Yet it is legal scholars who are best equipped to make the intricacies of law accessible to lay persons by defining and explaining legal terms and doctrine and by examining the reasoning found in relevant judicial decisions. Lawyers are …