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Cognitive Death: Differential Problems And Legal Overtones, H. Richard Beresford
Cognitive Death: Differential Problems And Legal Overtones, H. Richard Beresford
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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The Role Of Judges In Life/Death Decisions For The Neurologically Impaired, H. Richard Beresford
The Role Of Judges In Life/Death Decisions For The Neurologically Impaired, H. Richard Beresford
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
The Massachusetts Supreme Court has recently ruled that decisions about withholding care from hopelessly ill, legally incapacitated patients must be made by judges. It clearly rejected the view that families and attending physicians should be empowered to make such decisions. In this respect, the ruling contrasts with that of the Quinlan case and highlights the issue of whether judges or physicians and families are better able to make medically and morally sound decisions respecting this class of patients.
Defamatory Non-Media Speech And First Amendment Methodology, Steven H. Shiffrin
Defamatory Non-Media Speech And First Amendment Methodology, Steven H. Shiffrin
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
In the course of his eloquent commentary upon New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the late Professor Kalven enthused that the Court had written "an opinion that may prove to be the best and most important it has ever produced in the realm of freedom of speech." This excitement was generated not by the Court's rather narrow holding but rather by the hope that Sullivan would serve as the opening wedge to dislodge the clear and present danger test, to dismantle the "two-level" approach to first amendment analysis (reflected in cases such as Chaplinsky, Beauharnais, and Roth …
Social Security Benefits For Spouses, Peter W. Martin
Social Security Benefits For Spouses, Peter W. Martin
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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