Abstract Immigrant legalization policies pose an ethical dilemma between justice and the rule of law. On one hand, liberal democracies aspire to principles individual liberty equality. Building on ideals justice, compelling arguments have been made for granting legal status a path citizenship unauthorized migrants by virtue social ties they developed, their contributions host society, vulnerabi...

We show that following the legalization of same-sex marriage across US states, mortgage applications from borrowers are more likely to be denied relative a matched sample different-sex borrowers. Our findings robust using stacked regression design and several approaches account for compositional changes in pool applicants around legalization. FinTech lenders, which rely less on human loan offic...

As experts in the health care of children and adolescents, pediatricians may be called on to advise legislators concerning the potential impact of changes in the legal status of marijuana on adolescents. Parents, too, may look to pediatricians for advice as they consider whether to support state-level initiatives that propose to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes or to decrimina...

1. In order to be deemed legal, acts of euthanasia must be performed according to "careful medical practice." Requests for euthanasia must be voluntary, well considered and persistent, and be made by patients who are experiencing unbearable suffering without hope of improvement. More than one physician must be involved in the decision, and both patient and physician must agree that euthanasia i...