Contemporary Legal Issues – serie

A comprehensive introduction to the vocabulary and definitions of the terms involved in the health care and bioethics debate.To what lengths will we go to attain the level of perfection we want for our own health? What costs are we willing to pay? What are the rights of the individual to challenge difficult issues? If there is a disagreement, who decides the outcome? These and many other questions are addressed in this unique reference work.

The A–Z entries in this volume answer the most commonly asked questions about the laws as they affect Native Americans.A–Z entries provide coverage of key court decisions, case studies, concepts, individuals, tribes, organizations, and agencies

This informative, easy-to-use reference book covers a wide range of legal issues that affect children from birth until legal adulthood.Readers will learn about issues of importance to teenagers such as the right to drive, drink, engage in sexual relations, and choose a custodial parent. The book also addresses young adults' legal responsibilities including civil and criminal liability and the special legal doctrines and procedures that protect minors when they are the subject of legal proceedings.General issues such as child custody, support, adoption, abuse, and inheritance are also discussed. Important legislation and legal cases affecting children and young adults are thoroughly covered in this timely volume. A table of cases, a directory of organizations, a guide to further reading, and an index are also included.Includes table of casesA directory of organizations and a guide to further reading round out this volume

Offers a comprehensive overview of the legislation and legal issues surrounding animals.Written by Jordan Curnutt, Animals and the Law covers everything from the Silver Spring monkeys, subjects in the first U.S. lab raided by police where criminal charges were filed against a scientist conducting federally funded research, to sex with animals. Among the subjects reviewed are kosher and Halal food restrictions, mad cow disease and cattle cannibalism, animals in laboratories, and as entertainment—in circuses, zoos, rodeos, horse racing, cockfighting, and more. Also included are appendixes of animal organizations, cases, statutes and regulations, and an extensive bibliography.Includes a list of major animal organizations actively engaged in legal matters on a national levelIncludes tables of cases, authorities, statutes, and regulations

This reference work provides important information about the role academic research has played in the ever-evolving laws covering homosexuality.A comprehensive overview of homosexuality and the law, this fascinating dictionary opens with a history of the Gay Rights Movement which started in Germany during the l860s with Karl Heinrich Ulrich, the "Grandfather of Gay Liberation," who wrote 12 books including, Researches on the Riddle of Love Between Men. Homosexuals were later herded into Nazi concentration camps, where 50,000 of them died. When the war ended, Allied commanders forced homosexuals to finish their prison sentences.This book has 112 entries on subjects such as absurd sex laws, the Crittendon Report, the Boy Scouts, the l996 Defense of Marriage Act, surgical alterations, discrimination, sodomy, loitering, wills, and more. A nearly 100 page appendix details state and local laws. The book includes a list of advocacy organizations and other references, a table of cases, and an extensive bibliography.Includes thoughtful coverage of transsexual, transgendered, and intersexed legal concernsPresents the most current information on the legal status of homosexuals in an easily navigated dictionary format

Offers a comprehensive overview of the legislation and legal issues surrounding animals.Written by Jordan Curnutt, Animals and the Law covers everything from the Silver Spring monkeys, subjects in the first U.S. lab raided by police where criminal charges were filed against a scientist conducting federally funded research, to sex with animals. Among the subjects reviewed are kosher and Halal food restrictions, mad cow disease and cattle cannibalism, animals in laboratories, and as entertainment—in circuses, zoos, rodeos, horse racing, cockfighting, and more. Also included are appendixes of animal organizations, cases, statutes and regulations, and an extensive bibliography.