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History Of The Foreign Lawyer In Japan, Patrick Duffin
History Of The Foreign Lawyer In Japan, Patrick Duffin
Brigham Young University Prelaw Review
The foreign lawyer in Japan has enjoyed periods of relative freedom to practice law as well as being subject to rigid restrictions limiting the accessibility of the legal market. The focus of this paper will be the significant events in the history of the foreign lawyer in Japan from the first influences of Western law in the late 1800's to the 1986 Special Measures Law Concerning the Handling of Legal Business by Foreign Lawyers.
Euthanasia Versus Advance Directives: New Options Facing The Terminally Ill, Michael J. Miller
Euthanasia Versus Advance Directives: New Options Facing The Terminally Ill, Michael J. Miller
Brigham Young University Prelaw Review
Many people are fearful that if they become terminally ill, they will end up on life support, trapped from malting their own decision to live or die. As a result of this fear, proponents of active euthanasia, or mercy killings, are increasing. One proponent of active euthanasia, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, has taken the idea of mercy killings to new extremes. During the past three years, he has assisted in the suicide deaths of fifteen terminally ill patients (Reuters 1993, 6[A]). Others, who believe that mercy killings are wrong, favor passive euthanasia. They believe the terminally ill should have the right …