Social law and Medical law Books

Law, Immunization and the Right to Die focuses on the urgent matter of legal appeals and judicial decisions on assisted death. Drawing on key cases from the United Kingdom and Canada, the book focuses on the problematic paternalism of legal decisions...

There has been much debate about mental health law reform and mental capacity legislation in recent years with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also having a major impact on thinking about the issue. This edited volume...

The scale of maternal mortality and morbidity today is staggering. This book focuses on a vital part of a human rights response to maternal mortality, viz. accountability. Accountability encompasses monitoring, review and redress at the local, national...

Since the therapeutic value of umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells was first recognised in the late 1980s, there has been a proliferation of both public and private UCB banks worldwide. However, the ability to utilise such a potentially valuable...

Autonomy is often said to be the dominant ethical principle in modern bioethics, and it is also important in law. Respect for autonomy is said to underpin the law of consent, which is theoretically designed to protect the right of patients to make...

Die Zukunft der Wissensgesellschaft ist in aller Munde. Wissen soll in ihr idealerweise schnell, vollständig, jederzeit und von jedem Ort für jedermann verfügbar sein. Tatsächlich hat sich an den Universitäten schon Vieles bewegt und verändert. Nicht nur...

Urheber von musikalischen Werken können ihre Verwertungsrechte und gesetzlichen Vergütungsansprüche aus sachlichen oder auch rechtlichen Gründen z.T. nicht selbst wahrnehmen. Sie bedienen sich daher einer Verwertungsgesellschaft, die ihre Interessen...

Die Schaffung eines gemeinschaftsweit einheitlichen Regelwerks auf dem Gebiet des Vertragsrechts nimmt spätestens seit der Mitteilung der Europäischen Kommission über einen "Aktionsplan für ein kohärenteres europäisches Vertragsrecht" immer konkretere...

This book examines the regulatory framework for untested and unapproved (off-label) uses of medicines in the EU, UK and USA. While off-label uses may offer hope, they may also expose patients to risks and uncertainties. This work clarifies the regulatory...

This book explores destitution from the perspective of International Human Rights Law and, more specifically, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. This book will have global and cross-sectoral appeal to anti-poverty advocates, policy makers, as well as...

This book considers how largely accepted 'legal truths' about drugs and addiction are made and sustained through practices of lawyering.Lawyers play a vital and largely underappreciated role in constituting legal certainties about substances and...

The Terri Schiavo case was a key battle in a larger political struggle over abortion, stem-cell research, physician-assisted suicide, gay rights, and the appointment of federal judges. The religious Right chose to make it a national spectacle because...

"Tangled Insights: Defying Hair Fall" is a convincing story that unpredictably winds around together the individual odyssey of a singular wrestling with the complex difficulties of hair fall. This strong investigation adventures past the shallow parts of...

Intellectual Property and Health TechnologiesBalancing Innovation and the Public's Health Joanna T. Brougher, Esq., MPH At first glance, ownership of intellectual property seems straightforward: the control over an invention or idea. But with the recent...

Focusing on a matter of continuing contemporary significance, this book is the first work to offer an in-depth exploration of exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship. It provides a theoretical analysis of the concept of exploitation, setting out...

In its controversial Bakke decision of 1978, the Supreme Court upheld racial and ethnic diversity in university admissions--but it was not to be the last word on the matter. When Jennifer Gratz and Barbara Grutter challenged the University of Michigan's...

The Behavioral Science of Firearms focuses on applying behavioral science principles and knowledge to inform and improve firearm-related policy, practice, and research. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of relevant case law and legal statutes,...

""The Grounds of the Complaint of the Principal of Hart Hall"" is a book written by Richard Newton in 1735. The book addresses the issue of obstruction that the Principal of Hart Hall faced in incorporating his society due to the actions of Exeter...

With an extensive increase in the rate of crime all over the world and especially in America, the need to address the underlying causes responsible for this alarming rise has never been more urgent. Since murder stands at the apex of the crime hierarchy,...

This book investigates the implementation of disability rights and duties in the European Union, aiming to understand its functioning and explore ways forward through a critical analysis of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)...

""Grundriss der Staatsver�����nderungen des Teutschen Reichs"" von Johann Stephan Putter ist ein historisches Werk, das im Jahr 1795 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit den politischen Ver�����nderungen im Heiligen R������mischen Reich...

The history of patent harmonization is a story of dynamic actors, whose interactions with established structures shaped the patent regime. From the inception of the trade regime to include intellectual property (IP) rights to the present, this book...

Drawing upon intersectionality theory, it explores a range of issues regarding everyday experiences of disability in relation to gender, religion, social experiences, India's neoliberal economy, and the built environment.

This book draws a subtle balance between bioethics and financial regulation. While the legal topic of human preservation or cryo-conservation may be regarded as belonging to the realm of medical law, the findings presented here suggest that its potential...

This book examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has engendered a new and challenging environment in which borders drawn around people, places, and social structures have hardened, and new ones have emerged.

The integration of robotic systems and artificial intelligence into healthcare settings is accelerating. As these technological developments interact socially with children, the elderly, or the disabled, they may raise concerns besides mere physical...

Offering a fresh perspective on "nudging", this book uses legal paternalism to explore how legal systems may promote good policies without ignoring personal autonomy.

This book explores the emerging engagement of EU law with care and carers.The book argues that the regulation of care by the EU is crucial becauseit enables the development of a broad range of policies. It contributes to thesustainability of society and...

This book examines the legal, ethical and regulatory debates surrounding the rise of the cosmetic procedures industry.In the past, cosmetic procedures were often seen as limited to a small number of wealthy older women. Today, such procedures have gone...

This book, the first to specifically focus on disability hate speech, explains what disability hate speech is, why it is important, what laws regulate it (both online and in person) and how it is different from other forms of hate. Unfortunately,...

The Data Protection and Medical Research in Europe: PRIVIREAL series represents the results of this EC-funded project examining the implementation of Directive 95/46/EC on data protection in relation to medical research and the role of ethics committees...

From the late twentieth century onwards, several global virus transmissions have exposed the lack of a mature legal framework in international public health to provide prompt, concrete and specific guidance during a large-scale emergency. This book...

One of the most rapidly evolving areas of law involves individual employment rights. Individual employment rights has no clearly defined boundary.  This book consolidates these fragmented individual employment rights into a centralized reference...

In this admirably objective and lucid exposition, the author examines from a medico-legal standpoint the comparative position in various countries, particularly in the UK and the USA, of currently controversial medical procedures: voluntary...

Liberty is under assault. All over the world, in response to the hyped-up COVID-19 pandemic, authoritarian measures were imposed by power-hungry statists and faceless bureaucrats. As this book shows, these measures have little to do with protecting...

This text examines the primary causes of crime and victimization while exploring criminological and victimization theories. This text is unique because it allows the student to become familiar with theories of crime causation while reviewing relevant...

Mastery of quality health care and patient safety begins as soon as we open the hospital doors for the first time and start acquiring practical experience. The acquisition of such experience includes much more than the development of sensorimotor skills...

Leading Cases in Land Purchase Law is a legal book written by John Henry Mac Carthy in 1892. The book focuses on the leading cases in land purchase law and provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues involved in land purchases. The author...

""Record of Municipal Affairs in Aberdeen since the Passing of the Burgh Reform Act in 1833"" is a historical book written by James A. Ross and published in 1889. The book provides a detailed account of the municipal affairs of Aberdeen, Scotland, since...

""Letters to John Bull: On Lawyers and Law Reform"" is a book written by Joshua Williams and published in 1857. The book is a series of letters addressed to the fictional character John Bull, in which the author discusses the problems with the legal...

""Legal Points for Automobile Owners"" is a book written by Leslie Childs and published in 1917. The book is a comprehensive guide for automobile owners, covering various legal issues related to owning and operating a car. The book covers topics such as...

Das Buch ""Centralblatt F�����r Rechtswissenschaft V1 (1882)"" von Artur von Kirchenheim ist eine Sammlung von juristischen Artikeln und Abhandlungen aus dem Jahr 1882. Es ist ein bedeutendes Werk f�����r die deutsche Rechtsgeschichte und bietet einen...

Le livre ""Cartulaire Municipal De La Ville De Montelimar: Drome (1871)"" par Chevalier, C.-U.-J., est un recueil de documents historiques relatifs ������ la ville de Mont�����limar dans le d�����partement de la Dr�����me en France. Ce livre contient des...

L. R. A. As Authorities V4, Part 2: Including The Citations Of Each Case As A Precedent (1914) is a legal reference book published by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company. This book contains a compilation of legal cases and their corresponding...

The War of the Rebellion, Series One, Volume 24, Part 3, Book 1, Correspondence, Etc.: A Compilation of the Official Records is a historical document published in 1889 by Robert Nicholson Scott. This book is a comprehensive collection of official...