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From Research “Involving” Humans to Research “Affecting” Humans: A Proposal for a Principled Expansion of Research Ethics’ Jurisdiction to Create Traction for a Philosophy of Techn...

Saginur, Madelaine - In: Laws 3 (2014) 3, pp. 509-528

The field of research ethics offers a new approach to addressing the issues created by the unchecked development of technology. Research ethics could make a contribution, both substantively and procedurally, to help create a framework for reviewing the social and political consequences of actual...

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Delinquency and Crime among Immigrant Youth—An Integrative Review of Theoretical Explanations

Chen, Xi; Zhong, Hua - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 210-232

Although classical theorists tend to believe that immigrant youth are more delinquent than native-born adolescents, the existing empirical studies have shown the opposite. The current paper first gives a comprehensive overview of major theoretical explanations for the relatively lower level of...

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Tunisian Migrant Journeys: Human Rights Concerns for Tunisians Arriving by Sea

Hendow, Maegan - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 187-209

In part due to its location on the North African coast, in conjunction with its history of being a former French protectorate, Tunisia has become an important country of emigration to the European Union. In particular, maritime arrivals have become a concern for European states, for both...

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“The Mad”, “The Bad”, “The Victim”: Gendered Constructions of Women Who Kill within the Criminal Justice System

Weare, Siobhan - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 337-361

who kill within the criminal justice system. These women are labelled as either mad, bad or a victim, by both the criminal … justice system and society, depending on the construction of their crime, their gender and their sexuality. Symbiotic to … within the criminal law and criminal justice system, and justice both being done, and being seen to be done, for these women …

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Regulating Lesbian Motherhood: Gender, Sexuality and Medically Assisted Reproduction in Portugal

Machado, Tânia Cristina; Brandão, Ana Maria - In: Laws 2 (2013) 4, pp. 469-482

This article analyses juridical discourses about Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) in Portugal, focusing specifically on the access of lesbians to this type of intervention. Empirical data refer to an exploratory research that combined the analysis of legislation with non-directive...

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The Age of Consent and the Ending of Queer Theory

Beresford, Sarah - In: Laws 3 (2014) 4, pp. 759-779

This article uses the debates surrounding the age of consent as a broad umbrella to question the continued usefulness of Queer Theory. The debates surrounding the age of consent illustrate that Queer Theory has not fulfilled its original promise and that it is not (and possibly never been),...

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Should Postponing Motherhood via “Social Freezing” Be Legally Banned? An Ethical Analysis

Bernstein, Stephanie; Wiesemann, Claudia - In: Laws 3 (2014) 2, pp. 282-300

In industrial societies, women increasingly postpone motherhood. While men do not fear a loss of fertility with age, women face the biological boundary of menopause. The freezing of unfertilized eggs can overcome this biological barrier. Due to technical improvements in vitrification, so-called...

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Labeling Genetically Engineered Food in the United States: Suggestions for a New Approach

Endres, A. Bryan - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 150-168

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) provides that a food is misbranded if the label accompanying the product is false or misleading in any particular. Congress provided minimal guidance to assist the FDA in making these determinations. When challenged, courts have granted...

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Re-Imagining Punishment: An Exercise in “Intersectional Criminal Justice”

Barak, Maya Pagni - In: Laws 3 (2014) 4, pp. 693-705

and methods, as well as the American criminal justice system and current punishment practices. Drawing on alternative … presents a new model of criminal justice that combines aspects of adversarial, restorative, social, and transformative justice … frameworks. The resulting “intersectional criminal justice” offers a holistic harm-reduction model that moves the focus of our …

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Migration and Freedom of Movement of Workers: EU Law, Crisis and the Cypriot States of Exception

Trimikliniotis, Nicos - In: Laws 2 (2013) 4, pp. 440-468

This paper examines the authoritarian immigration policy of the Republic of Cyprus (RoC), which often results in the denial of the rights of migrants, TCNs, and EUNs. It examines how the mode of immigration control is connected to the<i> particular state of exception</i> in Cyprus known as ‘the...

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