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'Voluntary' Sterilization Of The Mentally Retarded, Charles Baron Aug 2013

'Voluntary' Sterilization Of The Mentally Retarded, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Droit Constitutionnel Et Bioéthique: L'Expérience Américaine, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Droit Constitutionnel Et Bioéthique: L'Expérience Américaine, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Not Dea'd Yet: Gonzalez V. Oregon, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Not Dea'd Yet: Gonzalez V. Oregon, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

On January 17, the Oregon Death with Dignity Act beat back yet another attempt on its life. In Gonzales v. Oregon, the U.S. Supreme Court (by a six-to-three vote) affirmed decisions of two lower federal courts and made permanent a 2001 injunction against federal prosecution of physicians who prescribe narcotics under the terms of the act. Media coverage of the decision both exaggerated and underplayed the decision’s significance.

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Normativité Et Biomédecine Aux Etats-Unis, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Normativité Et Biomédecine Aux Etats-Unis, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Abortion And The Legal Process In The United States: An Overview Of The Post-Webster Legal Landscape, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Abortion And The Legal Process In The United States: An Overview Of The Post-Webster Legal Landscape, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Nutrition And Hydration In Pvs Individuals: The Cruzan, Bland And Englaro Cases, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Nutrition And Hydration In Pvs Individuals: The Cruzan, Bland And Englaro Cases, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Regulating Bioethics With Judge-Made Law: The American Experience, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Regulating Bioethics With Judge-Made Law: The American Experience, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Normativity And Biomedicine In The United States Of America, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Normativity And Biomedicine In The United States Of America, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Rapport De Charles Baron, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Rapport De Charles Baron, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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'If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?': Of Shylock, Fetuses, And The Concept Of Person In The Law, Charles Baron Aug 2013

'If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?': Of Shylock, Fetuses, And The Concept Of Person In The Law, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Legislative Regulation Of Fetal Experimentation: On Negotiating Compromise In Situations Of Ethical Pluralism, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Legislative Regulation Of Fetal Experimentation: On Negotiating Compromise In Situations Of Ethical Pluralism, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Not Dea'd Yet: Gonzalez V. Oregon, Charles Baron Feb 2006

Not Dea'd Yet: Gonzalez V. Oregon, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

On January 17, the Oregon Death with Dignity Act beat back yet another attempt on its life. In Gonzales v. Oregon, the U.S. Supreme Court (by a six-to-three vote) affirmed decisions of two lower federal courts and made permanent a 2001 injunction against federal prosecution of physicians who prescribe narcotics under the terms of the act. Media coverage of the decision both exaggerated and underplayed the decision’s significance.

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Life And Death Decision-Making: Judges V. Legislators As Sources Of Law In Bioethics, Charles Baron Dec 2003

Life And Death Decision-Making: Judges V. Legislators As Sources Of Law In Bioethics, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

In some situations, courts may be better sources of new law than legislatures. Some support for this proposition is provided by the performance of American courts in the development of law regarding the “right to die.” When confronted with the problems presented by mid-Twentieth Century technological advances in prolonging human life, American legislators were slow to act. It was the state common law courts, beginning with Quinlan in 1976, that took primary responsibility for gradually crafting new legal principles that excepted withdrawal of life-prolonging treatment from the application of general laws dealing with homicide and suicide. These courts, like the …

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Normativity And Biomedicine In The United States Of America, Charles Baron Dec 2003

Normativity And Biomedicine In The United States Of America, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Normativité Et Biomédecine Aux Etats-Unis, Charles Baron Dec 2002

Normativité Et Biomédecine Aux Etats-Unis, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Nutrition And Hydration In Pvs Individuals: The Cruzan, Bland And Englaro Cases, Charles Baron Dec 2001

Nutrition And Hydration In Pvs Individuals: The Cruzan, Bland And Englaro Cases, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

No abstract provided.

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Regulating Bioethics With Judge-Made Law: The American Experience, Charles Baron Dec 2001

Regulating Bioethics With Judge-Made Law: The American Experience, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Decisioni Di Vita O Di Morte: Giudici Vs. Legislatori Come Fonti Del Diritto Bioetica, Charles Baron Dec 2001

Decisioni Di Vita O Di Morte: Giudici Vs. Legislatori Come Fonti Del Diritto Bioetica, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Rapport De Charles Baron, Charles Baron Dec 1997

Rapport De Charles Baron, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Droit Constitutionnel Et Bioéthique: L'Expérience Américaine, Charles Baron Dec 1996

Droit Constitutionnel Et Bioéthique: L'Expérience Américaine, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Abortion And The Legal Process In The United States: An Overview Of The Post-Webster Legal Landscape, Charles Baron Dec 1988

Abortion And The Legal Process In The United States: An Overview Of The Post-Webster Legal Landscape, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

No abstract provided.

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Legislative Regulation Of Fetal Experimentation: On Negotiating Compromise In Situations Of Ethical Pluralism, Charles Baron Dec 1984

Legislative Regulation Of Fetal Experimentation: On Negotiating Compromise In Situations Of Ethical Pluralism, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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'If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?': Of Shylock, Fetuses, And The Concept Of Person In The Law, Charles Baron Mar 1983

'If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?': Of Shylock, Fetuses, And The Concept Of Person In The Law, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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'Voluntary' Sterilization Of The Mentally Retarded, Charles Baron Dec 1975

'Voluntary' Sterilization Of The Mentally Retarded, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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