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Full-Text Articles in Law
Doctor No: Medical Malpractice On Trial, Stephen D. Sugarman
Doctor No: Medical Malpractice On Trial, Stephen D. Sugarman
Stephen D Sugarman
Can medical malpractice law be reformed for the benefit of patients and the health care system? This article addresses that issue through a review of Paul Weiler's book "Medical Malpractice on Trial."
Legitimacy, Accountability, And Partnership: A Model For Advocacy On Third World Environmental Issues, David A. Wirth
Legitimacy, Accountability, And Partnership: A Model For Advocacy On Third World Environmental Issues, David A. Wirth
Boston College Law School Faculty Papers
To date, there has been little effort to define the characteristics of responsible environmental reform efforts by private citizens and organizations in the United States on foreign environmental problems, such as the quality of foreign aid. Moreover, there have been virtually no attempts to identify a principled role for American lawyers in Third World environmental issues. This Essay will respond to these lacunae by articulating a new approach to advocacy based on a partnership model. In Part I, this Essay identifies the need for American public interest advocates to establish partnerships with directly affected groups on Third World environmental issues ...
Black, Brown, Poor & Poisoned: Minority Grassroots Environmentalism And The Quest For Eco-Justice, Regina Austin, Michael H. Schill
Black, Brown, Poor & Poisoned: Minority Grassroots Environmentalism And The Quest For Eco-Justice, Regina Austin, Michael H. Schill
Faculty Scholarship at Penn Law
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The Wellsprings Of Legal Responses To Inequality: A Perspective On Perspectives, Howard Lesnick
The Wellsprings Of Legal Responses To Inequality: A Perspective On Perspectives, Howard Lesnick
Faculty Scholarship at Penn Law
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Civil Disobedience And The Lawyer’S Obligation To The Law, Judith A. Mcmorrow
Civil Disobedience And The Lawyer’S Obligation To The Law, Judith A. Mcmorrow
Boston College Law School Faculty Papers
The purpose of this essay is to propose and justify a theory of the proper role of the lawyer faced with issues involving civil disobedience. Given the assumption that civil disobedience sometimes is morally proper, the more difficult question concerns whether civil disobedience might be proper in certain circumstances for general (nonlawyer) citizens, yet still improper for the lawyer, either as individual or as counselor. As described in Part IA, by becoming a member of the legal profession the lawyer takes on special responsibilities, which require the lawyer to make certain personal and professional sacrifices. As described in Part IB ...