Jack Balkin defies categorization. More precisely, he defies categories. His most recent books, Living Originalism and Constitutional Redemption, transcend the dichotomies of constitutional theory. Repeatedly, they show that what conventional wisdom views as a strict opposition (originalism versus the living constitution, for instance) is in fact not an opposition at all, or that a traditional ...

The author first explains that he will argue for the constitutional right to die, including the right of terminally ill persons to physician-assisted suicide. It would be a constitutional tragedy otherwise because it would entail that the Constitutional sanctions a horrible form of tyranny and that the Constitution allows citizens to author their own tragic endings. In the final part of the ess...

Our focus in this Article is not predominantly on the doctrinal intricacies of the constitutional framework in Northern Ireland. In fact, while we acknowledge the considerable sophistication of that framework, one of our contentions is that an overly legalistic focus on the shape and forms of constitutional architecture masks key questions concerning the broader political and ideological role o...

Our large theme is failure and success in constitution making, or the limits of constitutional democracy. The convergence of recent scholarly work in political science and law and political events throughout the world make this a timely project inside and outside of the academy. The number of new constitutional texts written in support of regime formation in the past thirty years is astonishing...

Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency (IGHD) is a rare cause of short stature, treated with the standard regimen of subcutaneous synthetic growth hormone (GH). Patients typically achieve a maximum height velocity in the first year of treatment, which then tapers shortly after treatment is stopped. We report a case of a 9-year-old male who presented with short stature (<3rd percentile for age and r...

personal security is a favorable state in which human being is secured that all his freedoms and rights are not violated, which will be increased and extended. since in some of international documents, this right is explicitly mentioned and in iranian constitutional law it is not expressly mentioned, it is necessary to study and analyze theories and examples for achieving the definition, which ...

At present, factors that have been recognized as being able to influence growth are: nutritional, physical, chemical, psychological and genetic. The causes of short stature are numerous, with about 90% of cases classified as Idiopathic Short Stature and divided into 2 types familial short stature and constitutional short stature. Part of the population with growth disorders are SGA newborns (10...

The term failure to thrive (FTT) can imply very diVerent conditions, depending on the context. To a general paediatrician, it might conjure up a respectably clad child, sitting on an anxious mother’s lap as you study growth charts and test results in the hope of inspiration. To a social worker it might imply a wasted, miserable child found in a cold, dirty house. These diVering images reflect n...

This article offers a theory of constitutional patriotism independently from controversial social theories of modernization and rationalization, with which Jürgen Habermas’s version of constitutional patriotism is associated. It argues that the purpose of constitutional patriotism as a set of beliefs and dispositions is to enable and uphold a liberal democratic form of rule that free and equal ...

Background: Developmental and behavioral disorders are the most prevalent problems in children after infection and trauma. Growth and development are influenced by genetic, social and environmental factors that incept of the early life of the fetal and neonatal periods. Due to the importance of the development in children, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between growth in...