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Commentary UK: Assisted Suicide
UK: Assisted Suicide
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 30, 2010 03:52:17 pm

Anna Mandel, Boston College '11 currently studying law in London, discusses the impact of recent clarifications to the United Kingdom's Suicide Act of 1961... Assisted suicide has become a controversial and provocative legal topic around the world, particularly in...

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Commentary Christian Legal Society case reflects conflict between secular and religious morality
Christian Legal Society case reflects conflict between secular and religious morality
April 28, 2010 11:12:53 am

Brad Tupi : "Christian Legal Society v. Martinez is another example of the conflict between secular morality and religious morality. In secular morality, homosexuality is a wholesome lifestyle choice and should not be the subject of...

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Commentary Arizona Legalizes Racial Profiling
Arizona Legalizes Racial Profiling
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 27, 2010 04:22:37 pm

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that Arizona's new immigration legislation - requiring law enforcement officers to stop everyone whom they have "reasonable suspicion" to believe is an undocumented immigrant and arrest them...

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Commentary <u>Stevens</u> opinion contains seeds of victory for animal welfare movement
Stevens opinion contains seeds of victory for animal welfare movement
April 23, 2010 10:45:00 am

Scott Ballenger : "The Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Stevens is remarkably narrow. The Court did not say that depictions of extreme animal cruelty are protected by the First Amendment. The Court's...

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Commentary <u>Stevens</u> court left open issue of compelling state interest in preventing animal cruelty
Stevens court left open issue of compelling state interest in preventing animal cruelty
April 22, 2010 10:58:00 am

Matthew Liebman : "The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed an amicus brief in defense of 18 U.S.C. Section 48, so we are obviously disappointed by the Court's opinion in United States v. Stevens....

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Commentary After <u>Stevens</u> decision, Congress must enact narrower statute banning crush films
After Stevens decision, Congress must enact narrower statute banning crush films
April 21, 2010 10:01:00 am

Jeffrey S. Kerr : "Crush fetish videos, which this law was enacted in 1999 to prohibit, are made for a niche market of individuals who derive sexual satisfaction from watching...

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Commentary Polish tragedy brings political uncertainty and chance for better relations with Moscow
Polish tragedy brings political uncertainty and chance for better relations with Moscow
April 21, 2010 08:59:00 am

Agnieszka Bienczyk-Missala : "On 10 April 2010 one of the most tragic events in Polish post-war history happened. Polish president Lech Kaczyński died in a plane crash on his way to Smolensk in...

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Commentary Holder should reject military commissions and indefinite detention policy
Holder should reject military commissions and indefinite detention policy
April 20, 2010 09:48:00 am

Leili Kashani : "On April 14, 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder appeared at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer a range of questions about the Department...

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Commentary Vatican&#8217;s protocol for sex abuse cases a step towards accountability and transparency
Vatican’s protocol for sex abuse cases a step towards accountability and transparency
April 19, 2010 11:32:00 am

Thomas Moran : "In order to better appreciate the recently published "Guide to Understanding Basic Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) Procedures concerning Sexual Abuse Allegations," some background information might prove helpful. The Apostolic Constitution...

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Commentary Polish presidential plane crash a tragic postscript to Katyn massacre
Polish presidential plane crash a tragic postscript to Katyn massacre
April 18, 2010 10:40:00 am

Bob Donnorummo : "On April 10, JURIST reported the crash of the Polish presidential jet killing President Lech Kaczynski, two deputy speakers and 12 members of parliament, two...

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Guiteau tried for assassinating US President Garfield

On November 14, 1881, Charles Guiteau went on trial for the assassination of US President James A. Garfield. The trial of Guiteau pointed to problems with nineteenth-century law's treatment of insanity; Guiteau's trial is also problematic in retrospect as Garfield's death was immediately attributable not to Guiteau, but to Garfield's doctors who—before sterilization was well understood—repeated probed his wound with unwashed hands while searching for an embedded bullet.

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