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8 Jul 2012, 6:24 am
As the decisions of the Inter-American Court gain prominence in the evolution of international customary law with respect to human rights and the obligations of states to respect (if not protect) them, opinions like Atala provide litigants and advocates with a legitimate international human rights framework to utilize as a counter-narrative to the prevailing societal prejudices that gain traction in domestic family courts. [read post]
7 Jul 2012, 3:41 pm
But self-expression is generally frowned upon, and societal acknowledgment is still tantamount to success. [read post]
7 Jul 2012, 10:00 am
In response to societal changes, including surrogate births, same-sex parenthood, and assisted reproduction, state Senator, Mark Leno, is advocating legislation that would allow a child to have... [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 7:29 pm
Marposs Societá per Azioni, 158 F.3d 1243, 1250 (Fed. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 2:44 pm
Whatever the reason, when you start really delving into the research that has so far been conducted on this societal ill, a startling picture begins to emerge. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 11:19 am
” He continued: “As the laws, rules and societal norms evolve and change with each new advance in technology so will the decisions of our courts. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 10:08 am
“The changes seem to turn immigrants into economic commodities and don’t appear to take into consideration the family and societal values immigrants who may be excluded under the changes could bring to Canada,” says Mario Bellissimo. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 9:01 am
Since the 2003 blackout did not cause an economic system collapse or significant civil unrest, injury, or death, the power grid is arguably not an attractive target, though obviously “the economic and societal consequences of a long-term blackout depend on the area affected and the duration of the outage. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 8:55 am
Text messaging is a great way to communicate, but beware that when you are texting your drug dealer the person who responds back may just be the police. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 5:16 am
" In Judge King’s view, "[f]rom a First Amendment free speech perspective, that context includes the viewpoint of the listener, for ‘[c]ommercial expression not only serves the economic interest of the speaker, but also assists consumers and furthers the societal interest in the fullest possible dissemination of information. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 12:56 am
Here is the abstract: This Response to "Partial Valuation and Cost-Benefit Analysis" argues that the author’s conclusion that regulators should not regulate when the costs of regulation are greater than the monetized benefits implicitly depends on a false assumption that there is an identity of interests between regulatory winners and losers (without this identity of interests, it is simply utilitarianism, recast), and that the author also incorrectly assumes that economic… [read post]
4 Jul 2012, 12:07 pm
The dissent gives the following provocative illustration: If there is a problem with, let us say, a law making it a criminal offense to falsely claim to have been a high school valedictorian, the problem is not the suppression of speech but the misuse of the criminal law, which should be reserved for conduct that inflicts or threatens truly serious societal harm. [read post]
4 Jul 2012, 6:41 am
Water allocation is a highly political issue reflecting societal power relations, with current priorities often benefitting the well-off and powerful. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 2:41 pm
As the laws, rules and societal norms evolve and change with each new advance in technology, so too will the decisions of our courts. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 6:20 am
Whereas women once had to climb a mountain of societal disapproval to stop an abusing husband, today she can throw the bum out with both personal and official support. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 2:58 pm
Although I am skeptical that shifting societal attitudes play a causal role in creating overindebtedness problems, attitudinal shifts will continue to be a popular explanation. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 10:25 am
Our history demonstrates that for all of our aspirations, for all of our ideals, we are societally challenged to live up to our promise. [read post]
1 Jul 2012, 2:59 am
An article entitled, "Annual Cost of Illness and Quality-Adjusted Life Year Losses in the United States Due to 14 Foodborne Pathogens," which appears in this month's Journal of Food Protection, again points to the personal and societal costs of food that went bad. [read post]
30 Jun 2012, 9:42 am
This is, of course, a simple extension of the concept of taking responsibility for acts of free will, a societal norm that starts somewhere around the burning bush on Mount Herob and continues on a more or less straight line to the Nevada driverless car statutes. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 2:00 pm
Below, a piece by Chris Elmendorf on statistical tests for racism, and their impact on the Voting Rights Act. [read post]
