Social law and Medical law

It has been said that how a society treats its least well-off members speaks volumes about its humanity.

As Elizabeth Warren memorably wrote, "e;It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house.

Over the past thirty-five years, federal courts have dramatically retreated from actively promoting school desegregation.

Seven in ten Americans over the age of age of sixty who require medical decisions in the final days of their life lack the capacity to make them.

In the years since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, or, colloquially, Obamacare), most of the discussion about it has been political.

This book examines the employment arrangements of professional athletes in the Premier League football competition, the National Basketball Association competition and rugby union played at an international level.

In Realizing Educational Rights, Anne Newman examines two educational rights questions that arise at the intersection of political theory, educational policy, and law: What is the place of a right to education in a participatory democracy, and how can we realize this right in the United States?

American health care is in crisis because of exploding medical malpractice litigation.

This timely and thought-provoking book argues that public sector innovation ameliorates many societal challenges in Southern Africa, demonstrating how innovative practices are already improving service delivery and addressing governance gaps.

This collection explores a variety of issues facing contemporary juries, bringing together innovative research from different disciplines and jurisdictions.

Firearms, the Law, and Forensic Ballistics, Second Edition offers a comprehensive reference on the forensic science of firearms.

This book presents a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study into the various goals assigned to international criminal trials.

In the 1970s, the Federal Trade Commission had embarked on an activist consumer protection and antitrust agenda which resulted in severe public and congressional backlash, including calls to abolish the agency.

The Globalization of Health Care is the first book to offer a comprehensive legal and ethical analysis of the most interesting and broadest reaching development in health care of the last twenty years: its globalization.

When should we try to prevent suicide?

Getting By offers an integrated, critical account of the federal laws and programs that most directly affect poor and low-income people in the United States-the unemployed, the underemployed, and the low-wage employed, whether working in or outside the home.

Getting By offers an integrated, critical account of the federal laws and programs that most directly affect poor and low-income people in the United States-the unemployed, the underemployed, and the low-wage employed, whether working in or outside the home.

With the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935, the US government ushered in a new era of social welfare policies, to counteract the devastation of The Great Depression.

Chief Justice John Roberts stunned the nation by upholding the Affordable Care Act--more commonly known as Obamacare.

Chief Justice John Roberts stunned the nation by upholding the Affordable Care Act--more commonly known as Obamacare.

Why do law reforms spread around the world in waves?

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That America's natural environment has been degraded and despoiled over the past 25 years is beyond dispute.

Between the turn of the twentieth century and the Brown v.

Many decisions in the legal system and elsewhere depend on predictions of bad behaviors, including crimes and mental illnesses.

Psychopaths constitute less than 1% of the general population but over 20% of prison populations.

The problems of medical care confront us daily: a bureaucracy that makes a trip to the doctor worse than a trip to the dentist, doctors who can't practice medicine the way they choose, more than 40 million people without health insurance.

Every industrial nation in the world guarantees its citizens access to essential health care services--every country, that is, except the United States.

The American Dream and the Public Schools examines issues that have excited and divided Americans for years, including desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, and ability grouping.

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As most Americans know, conflicts of interest riddle the US health care system.

As most Americans know, conflicts of interest riddle the US health care system.

What is the legacy of Brown vs.

Access to medicine is a topic of widespread interest.

Why is our health care system so fragmented in the care it gives patients?

How is it that, half a century after Brown v.

As new technologies develop, terrorist groups are developing new methods of attack by using the Internet, and by using cyberspace as a battlefield, it has become increasingly difficult to discover the identity of attackers and bring them to justice.

The landmark National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) study represents the first effort to gather nationally representative data, based on first-hand reports, about the well-being of children and families who encounter the child welfare system.

Written specifically for the clinical neuropsychologist who does forensic consultations, the book is a comprehensive review by experts of the procedures available to evaluate malingered neuropsychological deficits.

What is the legacy of Brown vs.

Since the desegregation of public schools in the 1950s, the concept of standards-based reform has become a central topic within educational policy.

Americans are deeply divided over the Second Amendment.

That America's natural environment has been degraded and despoiled over the past 25 years is beyond dispute.

Gifts: A Study in Comparative Law is the first broad-based study of the law governing the giving and revocation of gifts ever attempted.

Jewish copyright law is a rich body of jurisprudence that developed in parallel with modern copyright laws and the book privileges that preceded them.

Mental health professionals, more than any other clinicians, encounter legal issues on a regular basis.

Mental health professionals, more than any other clinicians, encounter legal issues on a regular basis.