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Full-Text Articles in Law
Brave New Babies, Lori B. Andrews
Germs On A Plane!: Legal Protections Afforded To International Air Travelers And Governments In The Event Of A Suspected Or Actual Contagious Passenger And Proposals To Strengthen Them., Alexandra R. Harrington
Germs On A Plane!: Legal Protections Afforded To International Air Travelers And Governments In The Event Of A Suspected Or Actual Contagious Passenger And Proposals To Strengthen Them., Alexandra R. Harrington
Alexandra R. Harrington
Abstract: Germs on a Plane!: Legal Protections Afforded to International Air Travelers and Governments in the Event of a Suspected or Actual Contagious Passenger and Proposals to Strengthen Them. In August, 2006, American moviegoers watched as passengers on an airplane were terrified by poisonous snakes in the movie “Snakes on a Plane.” In May, 2007, news watchers across the globe were riveted by the true story of an Atlanta lawyer who flew from the United States to several destinations in Europe for his wedding and honeymoon although he was carrying a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis. The latter event was met …
Terminal Ambiguity: Law, Ethics And Policy In The Assisted Dying Debate, Ruth C. Stern, J. Herbie Difonzo
Terminal Ambiguity: Law, Ethics And Policy In The Assisted Dying Debate, Ruth C. Stern, J. Herbie Difonzo
J. Herbie DiFonzo
As we become proficient at prolonging life we also succeed in prolonging the dying process. Fear of pain and suffering at the end of life has led us on a search for ways to preempt the ordeal. This article examines the judicial, ethical and policy responses to the demand for legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia. Medically, end-of-life issues are extraordinarily complex, especially when compounded by factors such as undiagnosed or untreated depression and inadequate palliative care. Courts, in declining to recognize a ‘right to die’ have thrown us back on our own devices to fashion resolutions to this problem. The …