All Articles tagged autonomy

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  May 21, 2023 EDT
  “THE TIMOROUS MAY STAY AT HOME”: JUDGE CARDOZO’S PROPHECY IN CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JURISPRUDENCE
  Benjamin Pomerance

  This Article discusses today’s political and judicial rhetoric focusing on the question of whether the U.S. should be a place where laws command that the timorous may stay at home.

• General
  May 27, 2016 EDT
  IDENTITY AND NARRATIVE: TURNING OPPRESSION INTO CLIENT EMPOWERMENT IN SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CASES
  JoNel Newman

  This article argues that because of the economic importance of the Social Security programs, client-centered advocates should not abandon the practice of Social Security disability law.

• General
  April 08, 2016 EDT
  #JOINTHEDISSENT: RUTH BADER GINSBURG AND THE HOBBY LOBBY EFFECT
  Lauren R. Eversley

  This note considers: the jurisprudence of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the role of the dissenting opinion, and the role of women’s autonomy in their own bodies.

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  August 08, 2007 EDT
  MORALITY-BASED LEGISLATION IS ALIVE AND WELL: WHY THE LAW PERMITS CONSENT TO BODY MODIFICATION BUT NOT SADOMASOCHISTIC SEX
  Kelly Egan

  This comment argues that for reasons of personal autonomy and privacy, a consent defense should be permitted in cases of consensual sadomasochistic sex without serious bodily injury.

• General
  August 08, 2007 EDT
  MORALITY-BASED LEGISLATION IS ALIVE AND WELL: WHY THE LAW PERMITS CONSENT TO BODY MODIFICATION BUT NOT SADOMASOCHISTIC SEX
  Kelly Egan

  This comment argues that for reasons of personal autonomy and privacy, a consent defense should be permitted in cases of consensual sadomasochistic sex without serious bodily injury.

• General
  January 01, 2005 EDT
  ASPIRING PARENTS, GENOTYPES AND PHENOTYPES: THE UNEXAMINED MYTH OF THE PERFECT BABY
  Andrea D. GurmankinPeter A. UbelElizabeth BangerGlenn McGee

  This study considers whether different groups would select traits in their children.

• General
  January 01, 2005 EDT
  DELIBERATIVE AUTONOMY AND LEGITIMATE STATE PURPOSE UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT
  Aditi Bagchi

  This article argues that free speech law does, and should, revolve around an alternative organizing principle: the autonomy of the listener.