Objective : to study the existential-legal principle in formation of personality a human and citizen. Methods: dialectical approach cognition social phenomena led choice following methods cognition: formal-logical, comparative-legal, sociological methods. Results scientific usage includes methodologically dubious associated with concept “a person law”. There seems be citizen law. In this regard,...

Various groups of ascertainable individuals have been granted the status of “persons” under American law, while that status has been denied to other groups This article examines various analogies that might be drawn by courts in deciding whether to extend “person” status to intelligent machines, and the limitations that might be placed upon such recognition As an alternative analysis: this arti...

Substance abuse is an increasingly important medical and legal problem in Taiwan. This article reviews limited studies in Taiwan on the prevalence of substance abuse and psychiatric co-morbidity, and assessment of substance use disorder, with emphasis on their relation to forensic psychiatry. Complicated interaction exists among substance abuse, criminal behavior, and various mental disorders (...

A great deal of ink has been expended evaluating the constitutional implications of congressional regulations concerning human cloning.1 In contrast, there has been little discussion in the legal literature regarding the possibility of a federal law regulating human genetic modification.2 Perhaps, the paucity of analysis reflects the fact that human genetic modification, by which I mean genetic...

On his return from U.S.A. he was appointed pathologist to Birmingham Children's Hospital where he quickly established himself as a popular teacher and became very knowledgeable on medico-legal problemsSubsequent appointments as Honorary Physician in Birmingham to the General Hospital and the Children's Hospital enabled him to practise as a general Consultant Physician for adults and children wi...

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