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Testing The Boundaries Of Family Privacy: The Special Case Of Pediatric Sibling Transplants, Doriane Lambelet Coleman
Testing The Boundaries Of Family Privacy: The Special Case Of Pediatric Sibling Transplants, Doriane Lambelet Coleman
Faculty Scholarship
A six-year-old girl suffers third-degree burns over eighty percent of her body. Her chance of survival with minimal scarring is said to depend on her identical twin sister’s availability as an organ source. There are other transplant options—including the parents—but because the twins’ skin is “equivalent,” a “sibling transplant” is likely to result in a better medical and aesthetic outcome for the burned twin. Her doctor thus proposes to harvest her healthy sister’s skin on “her backside from her bra line down to the bottom of her buttocks or possibly her thighs.” This procedure would be repeated up to three …
Children’S Health And Environmental Exposure Risks: Information Gaps, Scientific Uncertainty, And Regulatory Reform, Wendy Wagner, Lynn Blais
Children’S Health And Environmental Exposure Risks: Information Gaps, Scientific Uncertainty, And Regulatory Reform, Wendy Wagner, Lynn Blais
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Environmental Interventions To Help Address The Obesity And Asthma Epidemics In Children, Catherine Malina, John M. Balbus
Environmental Interventions To Help Address The Obesity And Asthma Epidemics In Children, Catherine Malina, John M. Balbus
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
A Collaborative Model For Children’S Environmental Health Policy: The North Carolina School Children’S Health Act Of 2006, Fawn Pattison, Katherine M. Shea
A Collaborative Model For Children’S Environmental Health Policy: The North Carolina School Children’S Health Act Of 2006, Fawn Pattison, Katherine M. Shea
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Since Children Are Not Little Adults—Socially—What’S An Environmental Economist To Do?, Sandra Hoffmann
Since Children Are Not Little Adults—Socially—What’S An Environmental Economist To Do?, Sandra Hoffmann
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
The Competitive Food Conundrum: Can Government Regulations Improve School Food?, Ellen Fried, Michele Simon
The Competitive Food Conundrum: Can Government Regulations Improve School Food?, Ellen Fried, Michele Simon
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Hearsay Exceptions: Adjusting The Ratio Of Intuition To Psychological Science, John E. B. Myers, Ingrid Cordon, Simona Ghetti, Gail S. Goodman
Hearsay Exceptions: Adjusting The Ratio Of Intuition To Psychological Science, John E. B. Myers, Ingrid Cordon, Simona Ghetti, Gail S. Goodman
Law and Contemporary Problems
Myers explores hearsay exeptions by examining three exceptions: excited utterances, statements for purposes of diagnosis or treatment, and the residual hearsay exception. The focus is child declarants, and these exceptions play key roles in child abuse litigation.
Applying Suggestibility Research To The Real World: The Case Of Repeated Questions, Thomas D. Lyon
Applying Suggestibility Research To The Real World: The Case Of Repeated Questions, Thomas D. Lyon
Law and Contemporary Problems
One can discern two parallel trends in the law and the psychology of child witnesses. In the law, appellate courts are beginning to stem the once powerful movement to increase the acceptance of children's testimony and the admissibility of children's out-of-court statements. Lyon analyzes particular strands of each trend.
The Maturation And Disintegration Of The Hearsay Exception For Statements For Medical Examination In Child Sexual Abuse Cases, Robert P. Mosteller
The Maturation And Disintegration Of The Hearsay Exception For Statements For Medical Examination In Child Sexual Abuse Cases, Robert P. Mosteller
Law and Contemporary Problems
Mosteller examines the treatment of children as victims and witnesses in criminal trials, most frequently involving sexual abuse, over the last quarter of the twentieth century, and from that experience, to draw lessons. He also examines what has been learned about the hearsay exception for "statements for purposes of medical diagnosis of treatment."
Forensic Interviews Of Children: The Components Of Scientific Validity And Legal Admissibility, Nancy E. Walker
Forensic Interviews Of Children: The Components Of Scientific Validity And Legal Admissibility, Nancy E. Walker
Law and Contemporary Problems
The problems associated with assessments of children's reports of victimization in criminal proceedings came to national attention during the 1980s and 1990s in a series of highly publicized trials of daycare staff. Walker describes information that professionals need to know if they are to conduct valid interview of children in forensic contexts.
Why Children’S Suggestibility Remains A Serious Concern, Amye R. Warren, Dorothy F. Marsil
Why Children’S Suggestibility Remains A Serious Concern, Amye R. Warren, Dorothy F. Marsil
Law and Contemporary Problems
Warren and Marsil focus on six areas representing some of the most intractable problems that will require further attention from scientists and practitioners alike. Research on child witnesses is highlighted, concentrating primarily on studies published or presented in the past ten years.
Holding A Child In Contempt, Maggie L. Hughey
What Process Is Due? Unaccompanied Minors’ Rights To Deportation Hearings, Irene Scharf, Christine Hess
What Process Is Due? Unaccompanied Minors’ Rights To Deportation Hearings, Irene Scharf, Christine Hess
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Application Of The Vagueness Doctrine To Statutes Terminating Parental Rights, Richard P. Vornholt
Application Of The Vagueness Doctrine To Statutes Terminating Parental Rights, Richard P. Vornholt
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Childhood, Suspect Classifications, And Conclusive Presumptions: Three Linked Riddles, Laurence H. Tribe
Childhood, Suspect Classifications, And Conclusive Presumptions: Three Linked Riddles, Laurence H. Tribe
Law and Contemporary Problems
Discusses the judicial principles of "suspect classifications" and "conclusive presumptions," particularly as they relate to the constitutional rights of children and attempts to formulate a tenable legal doctrine governing the rights of children and other "semi-discrete" minorities.