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A Courtroom Diagnosis: Countering The Defense Of Temporary Brittle Bone Disease And Mild Oi, Joelle A. Moreno
A Courtroom Diagnosis: Countering The Defense Of Temporary Brittle Bone Disease And Mild Oi, Joelle A. Moreno
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In child abuse cases involving multiple fractures, prosecutors and investigators are increasingly facing a relatively new defense. In some jurisdictions, judges are allowing defense medical experts to testify that infants have not been abused, but instead suffer from a mild form of Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) or a purported variant of OI, Temporary Brittle Bone Disease (TBBD). These diagnoses are offered in cases where the injuries are highly specific for abuse because they involve: (1) fractures typical of abuse in different stages of healing; (2) infants who have tested negative for conventionally diagnosable metabolic bone diseases (including OI); and (3) infants …
A Catalogue Of Judicial Federalism In The United States, Thomas E. Baker
A Catalogue Of Judicial Federalism In The United States, Thomas E. Baker
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A Bibliography For The United States Courts Of Appeals, Thomas E. Baker
A Bibliography For The United States Courts Of Appeals, Thomas E. Baker
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A Compendium Of Proposals To Reform The United States Courts Of Appeals, Thomas E. Baker
A Compendium Of Proposals To Reform The United States Courts Of Appeals, Thomas E. Baker
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Judge Ginsburg has provided a judge's-eye view of the work of a United States Court of Appeals in her Dunwody Lecture.'From her perspective as a judge on the District of Columbia Circuit, she has done a fine job describing the process of deciding appellate cases and composing a reasoned decision. But simply describing" things as they are" in the decisional process will not suffice in this article for two reasons. First, Judge Ginsburg has already done that, as have other judges.