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Public Health versus Personal Liberty: Politicization’s Role in the

WEBEven as vaccination campaigns roll out across the United States, there are ongoing disputes regarding public health mandates enacted by local, state, and federal …

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The Future of Medical Aid-in-Dying in the United States

WEBThe Harvard Undergraduate Law Review sat down with Callinan, Díaz, and Crowley to discuss the current legal climate surrounding medical aid-in-dying, legislation …

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Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Federal Prohibition

WEB2For simple possession of marijuana, an offender can be charged with up to one year in prison, fined a minimum of 1000 dollars, or both.3Despite marijuana being …

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To Evict or Not To Evict

WEBIn August 2021, a months-long struggle between renters and landlords over the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's extended eviction moratorium …

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How Old is Too Old

WEBKaren Williams was the first female judge and the first female chief judge for the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She was at the peak of her career and …

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Between Rehabilitation and Punishment: America’s Approach to …

WEBDespite lowering youth incarceration rates in recent years, the United States still puts more of its children behind bars than any other similarly-developed …

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McFall v. Shimp and the Case for Bodily Autonomy

WEBThe case, McFall v. Shimp (1978), ruled that a person could not be legally compelled to participate in medical treatment to save another person's life. The holding …

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How The Insanity Defense Protects the Mentally Ill — Harvard

WEBThe HULR is an entirely student-run organization and does not represent the views of Harvard College. Since the 1800s, the insanity defense has assisted mentally ill …

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The Case for the Federal Decriminalization of Narcotics in the …

WEBThe opioid epidemic is perhaps the most devastating public health crisis facing the contemporary United States. According to the U.S. Department of Health and …

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How the Equal Rights Amendment Can Harm the Women It Aims …

WEBIn spite of this, legislators remain poised to use the Equal Rights Amendment to promote a sex-blind draft that would force women into situations that will …

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Reviving “ in Loco Parentis” : A Neuroscientific View

WEBAn effective way of exploring this role is in the form of in loco parentis. In loco parentis literally means “in place of the parent”[18]. This doctrine became …

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Seeking Justice: Reimagining the Insanity Defense — Harvard

WEBThis question is the premise of the insanity defense, a legal defense in which a defendant admits to a crime, but pleads not guilty on the basis of their mental …

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Confronting the Past and Present: The Persistence of Australian

WEBDistancing itself from a violent colonial past, Australia has—over the last several decades—moved towards a national identity of liberal multiculturalism. …

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The Case for Overturning a 1905 Precedent Allowing Vaccine …

WEBThe recent debate around the Biden’s administration and other types of vaccine mandates forefronts the question of legality of such mandates. The best legal …

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Beyond Bondage: Reframing the Legal Right to Bodily Autonomy …

WEBThe historical roots of increased state regulation of abortion lie in the excluded narratives of marginalized communities. Recent efforts to illegalize access to …

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The Modern Challenge: Determining the Employment Status of …

WEBAge-old employment classification tests cannot reliably determine whether app-based gig workers qualify as employees or independent contractors. The multi …

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The First Amendment and Its Destructive Protection of Lobbying

WEBLobbying is a nationally protectedact by the First Amendment and the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. While the word “lobbying” is not explicitly stated in the …

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Flesh for Freedom

WEBThe HULR is an entirely student-run organization and does not represent the views of Harvard College. According to research conducted by the Organ Procurement …

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Privacy in the 21st Century — Harvard Undergraduate Law Review

WEBPrivacy is undervalued. Although many people enjoy privacy and view it as an appreciable right, the public is easily willing to sacrifice their rights to privacy as a

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