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Science, Public Bioethics, And The Problem Of Integration, Orlando Carter Snead
Science, Public Bioethics, And The Problem Of Integration, Orlando Carter Snead
O. Carter Snead
Public bioethics — the governance of science, medicine, and biotechnology in the name of ethical goods — is an emerging area of American law. The field uniquely combines scientific knowledge, moral reasoning, and prudential judgments about democratic decisionmaking. It has captured the attention of officials in every branch of government, as well as the American public. Public questions (such as those relating to the law of abortion, the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, and the regulation of end-of-life decisionmaking) continue to roil the public square.
This article examines the question of how scientific methods and principles can and …
Book Review: The Iraq War And International Law, Maxwell O. Chibundu
Book Review: The Iraq War And International Law, Maxwell O. Chibundu
Maxwell O. Chibundu
A review of The Iraq War and International Law edited by Phil Shiner and Andrew Williams. Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2008.
What Is Due To Others: Speaking And Signifying Subject(S) Of Rape Law, Penelope Pether
What Is Due To Others: Speaking And Signifying Subject(S) Of Rape Law, Penelope Pether
Penelope J Pether
Australian journalist Paul Sheehan's representation of the alleged and convicted immigrant Muslim/Arab rapists he demonises in Girls Like You, like his representation of the rape survivors in that text, has much to tell us about the law's production of rape law's speaking and signifying subjects, "real rape" victims and survivors, false accusers and perpetrators. This article uses a variety of texts, including Girls Like You, recent Australian rape law jurisprudence and legislative reform, texts involving two controversial recent US rape cases — one from Maryland and one from Nebraska — and a recent UK study on attrition in rape prosecutions, …
Haunted By Brown, Robert Lipkin
The Death Of The American Trial, Robert Burns
The Death Of The American Trial, Robert Burns
Robert P. Burns
This book analyzes and criticizes the loss of one of the great achievements of our public culture, the American trial.
On Realism's Own 'Hangover' Of Natural Law Philosophy: Llewellyn Avec Dooyeweerd, David Caudill
On Realism's Own 'Hangover' Of Natural Law Philosophy: Llewellyn Avec Dooyeweerd, David Caudill
David S Caudill
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