Court Kept (Court High Book 3)

✍ Scribed by Eden O'Neill

• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 88 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ASIN: B081TMMWPQ

✦ Synopsis

Prologue: does the law work? You be the judge! -- [pt. I.] Freedom and rights. School prayer: can religion be kept out of the classroom? ; Point of law: cults and family rights -- Free speech and civil disobedience: are the rules to be broken? ; Point of law: the Pentagon Papers case -- The right of privacy: a polemic: what's left of it in our computerized, information-packed world? ; Point of law: privacy versus the press -- Free expression: can the government or the people suppress it? ; Point of law: censorship in the classroom -- [pt. II.] Law and order. Self-defense: can you protect yourself and avoid the slammer? ; Point of law: rape -- a short study in legal schizophrenia -- Sports violence: should the law intervene or has everybody assumed the risk? ; Point of law: fan violence -- the case for legal intervention -- The death penalty: legitimate sanction or legalized murder? ; Point of law: not guilty by reason of insantiy -- [Pt. III.] Agreements and relationships. Job contracts: are they worth the paper they're printed on? ; Point of the law: judicial activism versus judicial restraint -- Products liability: must the buyer beware? ; Point of law: the Pinto case -- can corporate carelessness be criminal? -- Living together: should the law promote virtue? ; Point of law: galimony -- Landlord and tenant: how can we modernize ancient rights? ; Point of law: condominium conversion -- [Pt. IV.] Life and death. The right to die: does the law offer death with dignity? ; Point of law: the right to live -- Abortion: who really owns your body? ; Point of law: the story of Chad Green -- Genetic engineering: how should the law deal with our burgeoning power over life itself? ; Point of law: sterilization.