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Toxic Product Liability Under State Law After Cipollone, Jean Eggen
Toxic Product Liability Under State Law After Cipollone, Jean Eggen
Jean M. Eggen
No abstract provided.
Feminism For Men: Legal Ideology And The Construction Of Maleness, Nancy Levit
Feminism For Men: Legal Ideology And The Construction Of Maleness, Nancy Levit
Nancy Levit
It may seem a little odd to suggest that feminist theory has overlooked men. Yet, in several important respects, apart from the role of culprit, men have been largely omitted from feminism. Feminist legal theorists have paid mild attention to the "Can men be feminists?" question but this issue is usually relegated to footnotes. The negative effect gender role stereotypes have on men is typically subsidiary to the main focus of feminist legal literature, which has concentrated on documenting the patterns of subordination of women and on questions of feminist ideology.
The primary purpose of this article is to suggest …
Informed Consent And Patients' Rights In Japan, Robert B. Leflar
Informed Consent And Patients' Rights In Japan, Robert B. Leflar
Robert B Leflar
This article analyzes the development of the concept of informed consent in the context of the culture and economics of Japanese medicine, and locates that development within the framework of the nation's civil law system. Part II sketches the cultural foundations of medical paternalism in Japan; explores the economic incentives (many of them administratively directed) that have sustained physicians' traditional dominant roles; and describes the judiciary's hesitancy to challenge physicians' professional discretion. Part III delineates the forces testing the paternalist model: the undermining of the physicians' personal knowledge of their patients that accompanies the shift from neighborhood clinic to high-tech …
Should Congress Engage In Tort Reform?, Stephen D. Sugarman
Should Congress Engage In Tort Reform?, Stephen D. Sugarman
Stephen D Sugarman
No abstract provided.
Spousal Emotional Abuse As A Tort?, Stephen D. Sugarman, Ira Ellman
Spousal Emotional Abuse As A Tort?, Stephen D. Sugarman, Ira Ellman
Stephen D Sugarman
No abstract provided.