BACKGROUND Assisted dying has wide support among the general population but there is evidence that those providing care for the dying may be less supportive. Senior doctors would be involved in implementing the proposed change in the law. We aimed to measure support for legalizing physician assisted dying in a representative sample of senior doctors in England and Wales, and to assess any assoc...

* This paper is based substantially on this author’s article ‘Electronic Commerce Law in Asia: A Case for Convergence’. 1 Samtani Anil is a Professor of Law in the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has been admitted to the Roll of Advocates and Solicitors in Singapore and to the Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales. Mr Samtani specializes in the areas of electronic commerce law...

This is an important contribution to the growing debate about the practicalities of dealing with elder abuse. As a lawyer and a council member of Action on Elder Abuse, I find it difficult to explain that the law of England and Wales does not recognise any specific concept of Elder Abuse, but that the law nonetheless does provide redress and remedies which it may be appropriate upon occasion to...

Unlike other jurisdictions in the United States where the basis of the law can be traced more exclusively to the common law of England, the legal system in Louisiana also has origins in the laws of France and Spain. In this article, the authors describe the laws and procedures that developed early in Louisiana's history for the involuntary care and civil commitment of the mentally ill, focusing...

Can the market provide law enforcement? This paper addresses this question by analyzing an historical case study: the system of private prosecutions that prevailed in England prior to the introduction of the police. I examine why this system came under strain during the Industrial Revolution, and how private clubs emerged to internalize the externalities that caused the private system to genera...

In the age of information technology and social conscience, traditional medical confidentiality is under threat We are bombarded daily with intimate details of people's private lives by the media, and personal health information does not seem to be exempt. Until now it has been accepted that confidences divulged in good faith by a patient to his medical adviser will be respected as such and wil...