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Her Choice, Her Problem: How Having A Choice Can Diminish Family Solidarity, Richard Stith
Her Choice, Her Problem: How Having A Choice Can Diminish Family Solidarity, Richard Stith
Law Faculty Publications
This Article explores a little-noticed dimension of abortion and assisted suicide (or voluntary euthanasia): how choosing to reject those options can have a negative impact on the legally authorized choosers. Women who refuse abortion may be blamed for their choice by boyfriends, neighbors, employers, and others. Similarly, infirm or dying persons may find family and other caregivers upset by their refusal to agree to assisted suicide when voluntary death seems the sensible option. Finally, the author questions whether a life chosen as an option can ever have the dignity of a life simply accepted, i.e., whether the child a mother …
A Realist Defense Of The Alien Tort Statute, Robert Knowles
A Realist Defense Of The Alien Tort Statute, Robert Knowles
Law Faculty Publications
This Article offers a new justification for modern litigation under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), a provision from the 1789 Judiciary Act that permits victims of human rights violations anywhere in the world to sue tortfeasors in U.S. courts. The ATS, moribund for nearly 200 years, has recently emerged as an important but controversial tool for the enforcement of human rights norms. “Realist” critics contend that ATS litigation exasperates U.S. allies and rivals, weakens efforts to combat terrorism, and threatens U.S. sovereignty by importing into our jurisprudence undemocratic international law norms. Defenders of the statute, largely because they do not …
Los Grandes Rechazos De La Sentencia Roe V. Wade, Richard Stith
Los Grandes Rechazos De La Sentencia Roe V. Wade, Richard Stith
Law Faculty Publications
: Quizás mayormente a causa del poder económico de los Estados Unidos, su alta jurisprudencia constitucional suele tener mucha influencia en otros países. En particular, la sentencia de la Corte Suprema norteamericana Roe v. Wade, que declaró un derecho al aborto durante todo el embarazo, puede conducir a la legalización del aborto a petición por los grandes tribunales de otras naciones. Pero antes de intentar de andar este surco abierto por la Corte estadounidense, los otros tribunales desearán saber que la sentencia ha sido rotundamente rechazada por fuentes bastante sorprendentes. El razonamiento de Roe ha sido rechazado por los peritos …
The Problem Of Public Pretense, Richard Stith
The Problem Of Public Pretense, Richard Stith
Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Toward Freedom From Value, Richard Stith
Toward Freedom From Value, Richard Stith
Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The World As Reality, As Resource, And As Pretense, Richard Stith
The World As Reality, As Resource, And As Pretense, Richard Stith
Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.