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Rebecca C. Morgan and D. Dixon Sutherland, Last Rights? Confronting Physician-Assisted Suicide in Law and Society: Legal Liturgies on Physician-Assisted Suicide, 26 Stetson L. Rev. 481 (1997)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Rebecca C. Morgan, Society’s Search for a Legal and Ethical Basis of Physician-Assisted Suicide, 9 Journal of Aging and Social Policy 51 (1997)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
A review of the way physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is being addressed in the United States reveal three models, each functioning out of distinctive concepts of autonomy: (1) litigation, which utilizes philosophical autonomy; (2) legislation, which utilizes political autonomy; and (3) act of conscience by a physician, which utilizes consumer autonomy. Each model raises a correspondingly distinct set of ethical questions and challenges centered around their point of reference - the judicial system, voters, or the doctor-patient relationship. The challenge for religion is to address PAS in solidarity with sufferers, physicians, and the community, rather than retreating into iconoclastic dogmas.
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Ellen S. Podgor, Globalization and the Federal Prosecution of White Collar Crime, 34 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 325 (1997)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Omitted from most of the recent discussions on the federalization of criminal law is the impact of federal investigations and prosecutions involving international activities. This essay specifically focuses on the international flavor developing in the prosecution of white collar crime. It discusses statutes with clear legislative language indicating extraterritoriality through either a direct international focus (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), or through the specific incorporation of an extraterritorial provision in the statute. The essay next addresses judicial interpretation of white collar statutes where there has been no explicit reference to extraterritoriality in the statute. Jurisdiction bases in international law also are considered in the essay. The essay offers a sampling of the jurisdiction questions that have arisen as a result of white collar criminal activity exceeding the borders of the United States.
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Rebecca C. Morgan and David M. English, Federal Law Update for Estate Planners: Criminalizing Medicaid Planning, 11 Probate and Property 46 (1997)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.