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Parental Conflict Prevention Programs And The Unified Family Court: A Public Health Perspective, Andrew Schepard

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

The thesis of this article is that every unified family court should develop a prevention plan to help parents reduce conflict arising out of divorce and separation. A coherent prevention strategy should become a fundamental criteria for distinguishing high-quality family courts from those that do not serve their publics as well. Models of useful pro-grams already exist and can be incorporated into a court's prevention plan. Judges, legislators, lawyers, mental health professionals, and child advocates should insist that they are.

Section Two of this article describes the problems facing courts, parents, and children resulting from divorce and separation in terms …

Selling Death Short: The Regulatory And Policy Implications Of Viatical Settlements, Miriam R. Albert

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

In the late 1990’s, the escalation of AIDS into a national crisis has devastated its victims' health as well as their finances. This crisis generated the need for innovations both in medical approaches to the treatment of AIDS and HIV, and in financial options available to help patients finance their medical and other living expenses. One response of the financial community has been the creation of vehicles to provide terminally-ill policyholders with early access to the death benefits under their life insurance policies, which would otherwise be unavailable to them during their lives.

The article explores the creation and growth …

International Covenant On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights, Barbara Stark

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

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