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Wild beasts & idle humours : the insanity defense from antiquity to the present / by Robinson, Daniel N.,1937-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-294) and index.
Subjects: Insanity;
© , Harvard University Press, c1996.
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How to fix copyright / by Patry, William F.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Unlearning copyright -- Why we need to fix our copyright laws -- Replacing a faith-based approach to copyright with an evidence-based approach -- What are copyright laws supposed to do? -- The public interest -- Law is not the solution to business problems -- Does deterrence work? -- Abandoning exclusivity and getting paid instead -- The length of copyright is damaging our cultural heritage -- Reimposing some formalities -- The moral panic over fair use -- "The answer to the machine is in the machine" is a really bad metaphor -- Effective global copyright laws.In this work, the author argues that current copyright law is not effective in the digital age and must be revised to encourage creation of new works, increase learning, and enhance access to information. The arrival of the Internet was revolutionary, and one of the most tumultuous developments that flowed from it, the upending of the relatively settled world of copyright law, has forced us to completely rethink how rights to a work are allocated and how delivery formats affect an originator's claims to the work. Most of the disputes swirling around novel Internet media delivery systems, from Napster to Youtube to the Google Book Project, derive from our views on what constitutes a proper understanding of copyright. Who has the right to a work, and to what extent should we protect a rights holder's ability to derive income from it? Is it right to make copyrighted works free of charge? One of the central figures in this decade-plus long debate has been the author, who is now the lead copyright attorney for Google. In this book, he offers a concise set of solutions for improving the increasingly outmoded copyright system. After outlining how we arrived at our current state of dysfunction, he introduces a series of pragmatic fixes that steer a middle course between an overly expansive interpretation of copyright protection and abandoning it altogether. We have to accept that we cannot force people to buy copyrighted works, but at the same time, we have to enforce laws against counterfeiting. Most importantly, we have to look at the evidence such as what furthers creativity yet does not deny protection to those who need it to create? We should also reject the increasingly strident and, he argues, ill-informed denunciations of delivery systems: Google Booksearch and DVRs are merely technologies, and are not the problem. Throughout, he stresses that we need to recognize that the consumer is king. Law can only solve legal problems, not business problems, and too often we use law to solve business problems. Practical yet prescriptive, this book helps to reshape our understanding of what the real problems actually are and assists in navigating through the increasingly complex dilemmas surrounding authorship and rights in the digital age.
Subjects: Copyright.; Copyright;
© [2011], Oxford University Press,
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Black's law dictionary / by Garner, Bryan A.,editor.; Black, Henry Campbell,1860-1927.Law dictionary.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1995-2016).For more than a century, Black's Law Dictionary has been the gold standard for the language of law. This edition contains more than 50,000 terms, including more than 7,500 terms new to this edition. It also features expanded bibliographic coverage, definitions of more than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms, and reviewed and edited Latin maxims.Preface to the Tenth edition -- Preface to the Ninth edition -- Preface to the Eighth edition -- Preface to the Seventh edition -- Guide to the dictionary -- List of abbreviations in definitions -- Dictionary: -- Appendixes: -- Table of legal abbreviations -- Legal maxims -- Declaration of independence -- Constitution of the United States of America -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Members of the United States Supreme Court -- Federal circuits map -- British regnal years -- Bibliography of books cited.
Subjects: Law; Law; Jurisprudence; Jurisprudence; Legislation as Topic;
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The last things we talk about : your guide to end of life transitions / by Boatwright, Elizabeth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Exploring and expressing meaning and purpose -- Making wishes known to loved ones -- Talking about health and illness -- Putting your house in order -- Saying goodbye and the dying process -- Figuring out what happens next -- Piercing things back together after death: conversations around grief and loss."Whether we like it or not, we all die. People avoid talking about death because it is too mysterious, too dark, and occasionally, as in the case of an accidental or other sudden death, too unpredictable. Because we do not discuss death and dying in our current culture, people are left to wrestle with large questions about death. This book is a place to start thinking about, and preparing for, this inevitable event. The primary goal of The Last Things We Talk About is to help readers affirm, celebrate, and remember the people and experiences they cherish in this life. It encourages them to seriously consider their death and take planning one step at a time, according to their schedule, and as energy permits. Elizabeth Boatwright, DMin, BCC-PCHAC, CFP is a Relief Chaplain in Oncology Outpatient Palliative Care Medicine at Stanford Health Care. She has over 25 years in ministry experience serving diverse cultures along with extensive work in the arts and financial planning"--
Subjects: Death.; Death; Death; Death; Living Wills; Wills;
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Law & ethics for health professions / by Judson, Karen,1941-author.; Harrison, Carlene,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Ch. 1. Introduction to law and ethics -- Ch. 2. Making ethical decisions -- Ch. 3. Working health care -- Ch. 4. Law, the courts, and contracts -- Ch. 5. Professional liability -- Ch. 6. Defenses to liability suits -- Ch. 7. Medical records and health information technology -- Ch. 8. Privacy, security, and fraud -- Ch. 9. Public health responsibilities of health care practitioners -- Ch. 10. Workplace legalities -- Ch. 11. The beginning of life and childhood -- Ch. 12. Death and dying -- Ch. 13. Stakeholders, costs, and patients' rights.
Subjects: Medical ethics.; Medical jurisprudence.; Medical laws and legislation.; Medical personnel.;
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At liberty to die : the battle for death with dignity in America / by Ball, Howard,1937-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index.The changing nature of death in America -- The plight of the incompetent patient in a "permanent vegetative state" (PVS) -- Terri Schiavo's tragic odyssey, 1990-2005 -- What freedom do we have to die with dignity? The U.S. Supreme Court decides, 1997 -- The second path to PAD : passing legislation allowing death with dignity -- The pioneering PAD states : Oregon and Washington -- America's Transplants."Over the past hundred years, average life expectancy in America has nearly doubled, due largely to scientific and medical advances, but also as a consequence of safer working conditions, a heightened awareness of the importance of diet and health, and other factors. Yet while longevity is celebrated as an achievement in modern civilization, the longer people live, the more likely they are to succumb to chronic, terminal illnesses. In 1900, the average life expectancy was 47 years, with a majority of American deaths attributed to influenza, tuberculosis, pneumonia, or other diseases. In 2000, the average life expectancy was nearly 80 years, and for too many people, these long lifespans included cancer, heart failure, Lou Gehrig's Disease, AIDS, or other fatal illnesses, and with them, came debilitating pain and the loss of a once-full and often independent lifestyle. In this compelling and provocative book, noted legal scholar Howard Ball poses the pressing question: is it appropriate, legally and ethically, for a competent individual to have the liberty to decide how and when to die when faced with a terminal illness? At Liberty to Die charts how, the right of a competent, terminally ill person to die on his or her own terms with the help of a doctor has come deeply embroiled in debates about the relationship between religion, civil liberties, politics, and law in American life. Exploring both the legal rulings and the media frenzies that accompanied the Terry Schiavo case and others like it, Howard Ball contends that despite raging battles in all the states where right to die legislation has been proposed, the opposition to the right to die is intractable in its stance. Combining constitutional analysis, legal history, and current events, Ball surveys the constitutional arguments that have driven the right to die debate"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Right to die; Assisted suicide; Euthanasia; Right to Die; Euthanasia; Persistent Vegetative State; Suicide, Assisted;
© c2012., New York University Press,
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Death on demand : Jack Kevorkian and the right-to-die movement / by DeCesare, Michael,1975-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: From Janet Adkins to Brittany Maynard -- "A self-imposed mission": four decades of lone activism -- "They'll be after me for this": lighting a movement's fuse -- "A serial mercy killer on our hands": the emergence of Dr. Death -- "We're some friends of Dr. Kevorkian's": pushing for the right to die -- "A game of cat and mouse": Kevorkian on trial -- "I prefer jail to bail": forcing a showdown -- "Well, sir, consider yourself stopped": a leader's fall and a movement's decline -- Conclusion: death with dignity: after Kevorkian."Death on Demand explores the polarizing role of Jack Kevorkian - "Dr. Death" - as the most visible leader of the right-to-die movement. From a feature on the cover of Time magazine to interviews on shows like 60 Minutes, Kevorkian was a high-profile figure in the right-to-die movement, capturing constant media attention as he helped more than one hundred people kill themselves. / The book opens with the death of Janet Adkins in 1990 - Kevorkian's first assisted suicide - then travels back to Kevorkian's medical school days and follows his nearly four decades as a lone activist. Death on Demand draws on Kevorkian's interviews and published work as well as newspaper and magazine articles to describe the doctor's publicity stunts, criminal trials, years in prison, and activities after he was paroled. Author Michael DeCesare examines Kevorkian's actions in the context of the right-to-die movement to understand his crucial role in bringing the controversial practice of assisted suicide into the public conversation." -- Back cover.
Subjects: Right to die.; Euthanasia.; Suicide.; Kevorkian, Jack.; Kevorkian, Jack.; Physicians; Right to Die; Euthanasia; Suicide, Assisted;
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Bottle of lies : the inside story of the generic drug boom / by Eban, Katherine.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [421]-461) and index."Many have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one of the most important public-health developments of the twenty-first century. Today, almost 90 percent of our pharmaceutical market is comprised of generics, the majority of which are manufactured overseas. We have been reassured by our doctors, our pharmacists and our regulators that generic drugs are identical to their brand-name counterparts, just less expensive. But is this really true? Katherine Eban's Bottle of Lies exposes the deceit behind generic-drug manufacturing--and the attendant risks for global health. Drawing on exclusive accounts from whistleblowers and regulators, as well as thousands of pages of confidential FDA documents, Eban reveals an industry where fraud is rampant, companies routinely falsify data, and executives circumvent almost every principle of safe manufacturing to minimize cost and maximize profit, confident in their ability to fool inspectors. Meanwhile, patients unwittingly consume medicine with unpredictable and dangerous effects. The story of generic drugs is truly global. It connects middle America to China, India, sub-Saharan Africa and Brazil, and represents the ultimate litmus test of globalization: what are the risks of moving drug manufacturing offshore, and are they worth the savings?" -- Dust jacket.Part I: Shifting ground. The man who saw further ; The gold rush ; A slum for the rich ; The language of quality ; Red flags -- Part II: India rises. Freedom fighters ; One dollar a day ; A clever way of doing things ; The assignment -- Part III: A cat-and-mouse business. The global cover-up ; Map of the world ; The pharaoh of pharma -- Part IV: Making a case. Out of the shadows ; "Do not give to FDA" ; "How big is the problem?" ; Diamond and ruby ; "You just don't get it" -- Part V: Detectives in the dark. Congress wakes up ; Solving for X ; A test of endurance ; A deep, dark well ; The $600 million jacket -- Part VI: The watershed. The light switch ; We are the champions ; Crashing files ; The ultimate testing laboratory -- Part VII: Reckonings. Flies too numerous to count ; Standing.
Subjects: Generic drugs; Drug adulteration.; Pharmaceutical industry; Drugs, Generic; Fraud.; Drug Industry; Drug Industry; Government Regulation.; Drug Contamination;
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Law, liability, and ethics for medical office professionals / by Flight, Myrtle,1935-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-328) and index.From examining room to courtroom -- Functioning within the legal system -- Crime and punishment : intent makes the difference -- Your words may form a contract -- Anatomy of a medical malpractice case -- Health care is big business -- The medical record : the medical assistant's responsibility -- Introduction to ethics -- Privacy, confidentiality, privileged communication : a nexus of law and ethics -- BIrth and the beginning of life -- Professional ethics and the living -- Ethics : death and dying.System requirements: MS Windows XP w/SP2, Windows Vista w/SP1, or Windows 7, 150 MB hard drive, CD-ROM drive, screen resolution 1024 x 768 pixels, sound card and listening device, and Flash Player 10.
Subjects: Medical personnel.; Medical personnel; Medical laws and legislation; Allied Health Personnel; Allied Health Personnel; Practice Management, Medical; Liability, Legal.; Ethics, Medical.; Medical Records; Medical laws and legislation.;
© ©2011., Delmar Cengage Learning,
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Copyright for teachers & librarians in the 21st century / by Butler, Rebecca P.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction to copyright law : what is copyright? -- Fair use : when do you need to ask for permission? -- Public domain : is there such a thing as free material? -- Obtaining permission : how can you legally obtain use of works? -- Further important copyright subjects : what other copyright issues do you need to understand? -- The Internet and copyright law : everything on the Web is considered implied public access, right? -- DVDs, CDs, video streaming and on demand, and copyright law : can you use such movie formats legally in your classroom? -- Television and copyright law : TV is free, isn't it? -- Computer software and copyright law : why is documentation important? -- Music/audio and copyright law : who will know if you copy it? -- Multimedia and copyright law : how confusing! can you borrow a variety of works for your production? -- Print works and copyright law : is it legal to copy print works for class at the last minute? -- Distance education and copyright law : how is this different from applying copyright law in a face-to-face classroom? -- Conclusion : what does all of this mean for K-12 teachers and librarians?.Library educator Rebecca Butler explains fair use, public domain, documentation and licenses, permissions, violations and penalties, policies and ethics codes, citations, creation and ownership, how to register copyrights, and gives tips for staying out of trouble. --from publisher descritpion
Subjects: Copyright; Fair use (Copyright); Teachers; Copyright; Librarians; Teaching; Intellectual Property; Copying Processes; Copyright; Libraries;
© c2011., Neal-Schuman Publishers,
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