Sex and the statutory law

Forensic psychiatry, statutory law, and administrative rules.

This commentary highlights the importance of statutory law and administrative rules to the practice of forensic psychiatry. Often small changes in laws and rules significantly shape the practice environment of psychiatrists, whether in the hospital setting or in the community. A case example is presented to illustrate how significant changes were made in the treatment refusal procedures in Oreg...

Synopsis of state case and statutory law.

Statutory Interpretation, Capture, and Tort Law: The Regulatory Compliance Defense

Sex selection: morality, harm, and the law.

For centuries, couples have tried to choose the sex of their children. Italian men bit their wife’s left ears during intercourse to beget daughters; Swedish men hung their pants on the right bedpost to father boys; while German woodcutters took their axes to bed and chanted: “Ruck, ruck, roy, you shall have a boy!” or “Ruck, ruck, raid, you shall have a maid!” Sex selection is now a reality. Th...

The Public Pension Crisis Through the Lens of State Constitutions and Statutory Law