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Disability Law

University of Michigan Law School

Mental disability

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A Response To "Two Puzzles", Carl E. Schneider Jan 1988

A Response To "Two Puzzles", Carl E. Schneider

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In his stimulating paper, Professor Mnookin suggests that the legal issue of neonatal euthanasia may be seen in terms of two puzzles: First, what accounts for the ''striking dichotomy between the law on the books, which apparently outlaws such conduct, and the law in action, which apparently permits it"? Second, why has "the treatment of severely handicapped newborns . . . evoked such a violent storm in the last few years"? Professor Mnookin resolves the first puzzle by suggesting that the ''dichotomy between the law on the books and the law in action may serve as a pragmatic, although not …


The Right To An Adequate Income And Employment: A Reply To Professor Bernstein, David L. Chambers Jan 1976

The Right To An Adequate Income And Employment: A Reply To Professor Bernstein, David L. Chambers

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Bernsteins's Paper advances no constitutional arguments for requiring the government to ensure economic security for retarded citizens. His omission is justified not merely by the alternative focus he has chosen, but also by the absence of any sound or vendible constitutional arguments to advance. There remain, however, important roles for attorneys.