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4. Confidentiality and privacy
Charles Foster
in Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction
Should doctors disclose any of their patients' confidences? When is disclosure justified? Is disclosure ever mandatory? Should there be an absolute rule of non- disclosure? If not, why not? ...
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1. Origins and legacies
Charles Foster
in Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction
‘Origins and legacies’ outlines the background of medical law. Until World War II the Hippocratic Oath had been the law regulating the medical profession for two and a half millennia. The ...
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3. Before birth
Charles Foster
in Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction
‘Before birth’ first considers the rights and obligations to reproduce. The law defends the right to reproduce and there are few limitations on that right. The right not to be a parent ...
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5. Data protection
Raymond Wacks
in Privacy: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
The routine functions of government and private institutions require a continual supply of data about us in order to administer effectively the many services that are an integral part of ...
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9. The many forms of environmental justice
Elizabeth Fisher
in Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction
For many lawyers and non-lawyers alike environmental law is, and should be, about justice. The socio-political complexity of environmental problems means, however, that justice in the ...
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3. How the EU is governed
Simon Usherwood and John Pinder
in The European Union: A Very Short Introduction (4th edn)
The EU has major economic and environmental powers, and is increasingly active in foreign policy, defence, and internal security. ‘How the EU is governed’ asks: how is this power used and ...
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5. Sovereignty inside the State
Vaughan Lowe
in International Law: A Very Short Introduction
Limitations on the right to use force are a key element among the principles by which international law secures the sovereign equality and independence of States against external threats. ...
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5. Consent
Charles Foster
in Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction
‘Consent’ outlines the generally recognized principles of the law of consent. It considers what is a competent adult and shows that once can demand omissions (refuse treatment), but not ...
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8. Resource allocation
Charles Foster
in Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction
There is an infinite amount of suffering in the world and there is a distinctly finite amount of resources to deal with it. How do we decide who gets what? ‘Resource allocation’ considers ...
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Privacy: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Raymond Wacks
While no brief book can hope to provide a comprehensive account of the manifold features of a concept as complex and controversial as privacy, this one introduces readers to the main ...
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5. Lawyers
Raymond Wacks
in Law: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Lawyers are an essential feature of every developed legal system. Without accessible lawyers to provide citizens with competent representation, the ideals of the legal system ring hollow. ...
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11. Peering ahead
Eugene R. Fidell
in Military Justice: A Very Short Introduction
What about the future? What new legal challenges can we expect given the strong likelihood of continuing military operations around the world, coupled with increased across-the-board ...
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7. Hard questions and new conflicts
Andrew Copson
in Secularism: A Very Short Introduction
Secularism has always been controversial. But today both the official secularism of constitutional republics and the secular ethic of liberal democracies are also being rocked by rapid ...
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International Law: A Very Short Introduction
Vaughan Lowe
Recently, interest in international law has increased greatly, largely because of its central place in discussions such as the Iraq War, the World Trade Organization, the Kyoto Convention, ...
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Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction
Charles Foster
Medical law is concerned with our bodies, and what happens to them during and after our lives. The core issues of medical law — organ transplantation, abortion, withdrawal of treatment, ...
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4. Privacy and freedom of expression
Raymond Wacks
in Privacy: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
The genesis of the American law’s protection of privacy was its concern to limit or control the extent to which an individual’s private life is subjected to unauthorized publicity conducted ...
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3. A legal right
Raymond Wacks
in Privacy: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Privacy is acknowledged as an essential human right, recognized by a number of international declarations, among which the European Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant ...
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4. Freedom from external interference
Vaughan Lowe
in International Law: A Very Short Introduction
‘Freedom from external interference’ focuses on one aspect of the assurance of the sovereign equality and independence of States and the freedom that it entails for each of them: the ...
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1. Natural law
Raymond Wacks
in Philosophy of Law: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Moral questions pervade our lives; they are the stuff of political, and hence legal, debate. ‘Natural law’ asks: Is there an objectively ascertainable measure of right and wrong, good and ...
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