Verstek decisions are that often occur in courts, especially the Religious Courts, so authors were interested conducting them by using formulation of problem: how to apply verstek at Sekayu South Sumatra. Then, what obstacles implementing Court, Empirical research was used as method research. Research result; application Court Sumatra has been carried out accordance with applicable law. Meanwhi...

Recent legislation in Wisconsin mandating provision of emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault may create a conflict of conscience for some health care professionals. Although disputes exist over the exact mechanism of action of emergency contraception, those professionals who espouse a particularly strict stance may be reluctant to dispense the medication for fear that it could pr...

Law and ethical standards are not subjects of research and discovery; they are the fruits of slow evolutionary processes. The law does not search out as do science and medicine; it reacts to social needs and demands. Law is not an end in itself-it is a tool, a means. 1 The truths contained in religious doctrines are after all so distorted and systematically disguised that the mass of humanity c...

Leon Kass is much misunderstood. He is not simply a Republican ideologue who tailored his ideas to break out of the ivory tower and into the halls of power. Nor does he look simply to use human nature as a moral guide. When the full range of his writings is considered and set in the tradition of his teachers, Hans Jonas and Leo Strauss, what emerges is a natural law position colored by religiou...