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Download full textKane, Peter E. – 1991
Articles of The Bill of Rights, although comprising the fundamental principles of American society, are often opposed by many people on varying grounds. For example, many people support physical abuses by law enforcement officials, even though they might violate constitutional rights. The First Amendment, simple in original wording, has resulted…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Civil Rights, College Environment
Peer reviewedWolinsky, Howard; Brune, Tom – Update on Law-Related Education, 1990
Discusses a euthanasia incident in which a doctor claimed, in a letter to the "Journal of the American Medical Association," to have given a fatal dose of morphine to a dying cancer patient. Debates the ethical issues involved in the journal's decision to print the letter, withholding the author's name. (DB)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Editors, Ethical Instruction
