Arizona Immigration Law and Medical Practice

Unauthorized Practice of Law: Arizona

IT is GENERALLY recognized that the judiciary has the power to regulate the practice of law.1 The Arizona Supreme Court, in the recent case of State Bar of Arizona v. Arizona Land Title and Trust Co.,, exercised this broad judicial power by condemning as the unauthorized practice of law a wide variety of activities commonly engaged in by 'title companies and real estate brokers in that state. T...

1901 Arizona Comstock Law

In 1901, the Arizona Territorial Legislature codified territorial law that illegalized advertising, causing, or performing abortions anywhere in Arizona. The 1901 code, in conjunction with the federal Comstock Act, regulated the advertisement and accessibility of abortion [3] services and contraceptives in Arizona. The Federal Comstock Act of 1873 [4] had illegalized the distribution of materia...

The President and Immigration Law

The plenary power doctrine sharply limits the judiciary’s power to police immigration regulation—a fact that has preoccupied immigration law scholars for decades. But scholars’ persistent focus on the distribution of power between the courts and the political branches has obscured a second important separation-of-powers question: how is immigration authority distributed between the political br...

Immigration and Health: Law, Policy, and Ethics.

Immigration poses numerous challenges for health professionals and public health lawyers. This article reviews these challenges. We begin by offering some background on immigration and health and then explain some of the reasons why immigrants are less likely than natives to have health insurance. Next we turn to a discussion of some of the particular challenges relating to the health care of r...

Immigration Policy and Immigration Flows: A Comparative Analysis of Immigration Law in the U.S. and Argentina