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Ethical Issues in the Courts A Companion to Philosophical Ethics

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ISBN-10: 0495005746

ISBN-13: 9780495005742

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Julie C. Van Camp

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ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE COURTS: A COMPANION TO PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICS is an invaluable resource in exploring the real-world intersections of our legal system and a variety of pressing ethical problems. Accessibly, it reveals the ways in which the courts have ruled on a range of issues, including: abortion; euthanasia; assisted suicide; educating children; sex and marriage; gay rights; war, peace and pacifism; environmental rights; animal rights; freedom of expression; religious freedom; racial discrimination; affirmative action; sex discrimination; capital punishment; business ethics; computer ethics. Composed of excerpts from 73 landmark court decisions, on ethical issues, along with helpful…    
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Book details

List price: $37.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 4/12/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Preface
Human Life: Beginnings and Endings
Abortion
Roe v. Wade
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Penn. v. Casey
Stenberg v. Carhart
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
In the Matter of Karen Quinlan
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
Bush v. Schiavo
Bouvia v. Glenchur
Washington v. Glucksberg
Vacco v. Quill
Private Lives
Educating Children
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Plyler v. Doe
Vernonia School District v. Acton
Owasso v. Falvo
Sex and Marriage
Griswold v. Connecticut
Carey v. Population Services International
Loving v. Virginia
In the Matter of Baby M
Gay Rights
Lawrence v. Texas
Watkins v. United States Army
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
Baker v. Vermont
Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health
War, Peace, and Pacifism
United States v. O'Brien
Welsh v. United States
Rostker v. Goldberg
Fedorenko v. United States
Rasul v. Bush
The Environment: Protecting Nature and Animal Rights
Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill
Sierra Club v. Morton
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
Freedom of Expression
Symbolic Speech
Cohen v. California
In the Matter of George T
Texas v. Johnson
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
Collin v. Smith
Obscenity, Pornography, and Indecency
Roth v. United States
Stanley v. Georgia
Miller v. California
Southeastern Promotions v. Conrad
National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley
American Booksellers Association v. Hudnut
Religious Freedom
Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources v. Smith
Wallace v. Jaffree
Edwards v. Aguillard
Elk Grove v. Newdow
Racial Discrimination and Affirmative Action
Korematsu v. United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Grutter v. Bollinger
The Coalition v. Pete Wilson
Sex Discrimination and Harassment
Sex Discrimination
California Federal Savings & Loan Assn. v. Guerra
International Union, UAW v. Johnson Controls
Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County
United States v. Virginia
Sexual Harassment
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson
Harris v. Forklift Systems
Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services
Capital Punishment
Furman v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia
Coker v. Georgia
McClesky v. Kemp
Herrera v. Collins
Atkins v. Virginia
Business Ethics
Grimshaw v. Ford
Deal v. Spears
Kasky v. Nike
Computer Ethics
United States v. Morris
United States v. Alkhabaz
Intel v. Hamidi
Reno v. ACLU
A&M Records v. Napster
How to Read a Court Decision
Legal Citation
Where to Find the Complete Text of Court Decisions
Glossary
Table of Cases