In Wisconsin v. Yoder,' the Supreme Court held that a schoolattendance law requiring parents to send their children to school until the age of sixteen violated Amish parents' free exercise of religion, and infringed their right to direct the religious upbringig of their children.2 Over Justice Douglas' partial dissent,3 the Court limited its analysis to consideration of the constitutional right...

Postmortem examinations have recently become common practice in Western medicine: they are used to verify the cause of death and to obtain additional scientific information on certain diseases, as well as to train medical students. For religious people of the monotheistic faiths postmortems present several ethical questions even though the advantages attributed to postmortems in the West are al...

political power is considered as one of the most fundamental public law vocabulary, as far as the separation of political power and public law seems impossible. meanwhile it seems that this concept as the fundamental concept of public law; varies in islamic and liberal thought and there is a serious conflict between them. analysis of this claim requires a proper understanding of the concept of ...

BACKGROUND Recent legislation has sought to clarify abortion law in Ireland, allowing abortion where pregnancy endangers a woman's life, including through risk of suicide. Previous studies have shown that medical students' attitudes towards abortion can predict their likelihood to provide abortion care services in the future. AIM To survey graduate-entry (GEM) and undergraduate-entry (i.e. sc...

According to current Spanish law, patients are guaranteed the right to make decisions on the medical treatment they receive. However, this exercise of autonomy in health care causes ethical conflicts which are hard to resolve. Health workers' duty to assist patients and the concept of personal rights may lead health professionals to prescribe actions which are contrary to the patient's wishes. ...

Scars, Marks and Tattoo (SMT) are imprints on the skin that have been shown to be useful by law enforcement agencies for identification of a non-skeletalized body. Tattoos also give specific identifying clues as to the social status, personality, religious affiliations, or affiliations with criminal organizations (e.g., street gangs). However, matching of tattoo images is primarily based on hum...