Military Tribunals in Historical and International Context
The Al-Qaeda terror attacks of September 11, 2001 aroused a number of extraordinary counter measures in response, including an executive order authorizing the creation of military tribunals or commissions for the trial of accused terrorists. This title explains what military tribunals are, and how they function.
Race, Law, and the Case against Brown v. Board of Education
With the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Brown versus Board of Education, John Jackson examines the scientific case launched in Brown's wake to try to dismantle the legislation. He focuses on the 1959 formation of the International Society for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics (IAAEE).
Focuses on the field of bioethics. Detailing how the legal analysis of an issue in bioethics often differs from the "ethical" analysis, this book covers such topics as abortion, surrogacy, cloning, informed consent, malpractice, refusal of care, and organ transplantation.
This is an up-to-date discussion of all aspects of the law as it applies to disability. It provides information on: legal definitions of disability - both physical and mental; rights and entitlements to housing, education, social security and services for children; the social model of disability; European and international perspectives; and ......
Does Asian American denote an ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first generation Hmong refugees and fifth generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American? This book examines the discourse on race and law.
This analysis brings together the many perspectives that have shaped policy on the relationship between church and state. Contributors ranging from Stanley Fish to Richard John Neuhaus explore issues extending from religious morality and religious freedom to fundamentalism.
This is a review of the laws in the state of California as they relate to the mental health profession. Issues include: setting up a private practice; working with health care provider organizations; and understanding the duty to report abuse and neglect of children and adults.
Law, Technology, and Reproduction in An Uneasy Age
Who are the real parents of a child? What are the relationships and responsibilities between a child, the woman who carried it to term, and the egg donor? This book charts the response of the law to modern reproductive technology as it transforms our image of the family and is itself transformed by the tide of social forces.
This is a review of the laws in the state of New York as they relate to the mental health profession. Issues include: setting up a private practice; working with health care provider organizations; and understanding the duty to report abuse and neglect of children and adults.
